wet benches

 our process

we started by naming certain world problems that we can solve, we listed a few like wet benches, world hunger, and clean drinking water. of course, the worst one is wet benches so we picked that. we started to research the problem, we ended up learning about wood strengths, wood durability to rain, and the best place to put it. we picked 3 sites about our problem and annotated them, then created a working so we could plan out the total time we were working on it. we built the prototype out of cardboard and added tin foil to act as the water-resistant material, we also added a string to hold the bench down so it could fold. we then started to work on the slide to present it.  we also decided to test our prototype with a regular bench we made and it was the dryest. 

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We used to engineer design cycle to help us create our product, the cycle consisted of this

1 Ask:  Identify the Need 

We started to research world problems that we would like to solve. we ended up with wet benches, world hunger, and clean drinking water. After some thought into it, we ended up picking wet benches. We ended up using the weather here in Novato.

2:Research

after we got our problem we then researched it, we looked at many sites about wet benches that were about wood strength, wood resistance to rain, and position to put the actual bench in. We picked 3 of our sites and annotated them to get a better understanding of them.

3:Developed Possible Solutions 

We started to think about the possible solution that could solve the problem of wet benches. we thought of many ideas like water-resistant material,  rollable benches, and foldable benches. After some thought put into it we picked the foldable bench cause that was the best one

4 Select a Good Solution

After some thought put into it we decided to go with the foldable bench because that was the one we liked the most. We picked this because we knew how to build a bench and we didn't like wet benches.

5:Build a Prototype

We went to the maker space where we then started to build the actual bench, we decided to use cardboard because we didn't have any hinges or anything to fold a wood bench. The building process took 2 days of working on the bench.

6 Test and Evaluate the Product 

We ended up leaving two benches outside overnight, one was our bench that had all of the modifications, and one that didn't have any. The next morning we found them with a clear difference our bench that was modified was the dryest out of the two benches.

7 Improve and Redisign

We decided to add a string that when put into a hole let the bench stay in the folded position easier than one without one. We also fixed some of the cardboard that was damaged from the test that we did

reflection

I think I did pretty well on this product I helped to build the actual products and helped with the slide. My biggest strength was my communication because I was communicating with my group about what we needed to do and to stay on task. another thing I was good at was my work ethic, I tried to keep myself and my group on task throughout the project. I definitely could've done more for the group I was absent for 2 days and one of them I almost missed the presentation. next project  I could've improved on my conscience learning and being on task while working on our presentation

For the 6 CS I think I did well with my character, I was trying to communicate and see if everything was good and done to present. for cultural competence, I think I also did well, I respected other people's values, and if they didn't want to do something. for critical thinking, I think I helped a lot in the brainstorming phase and thinking of world problems and possible solutions. I did well in communication as well I was talking to my group and helped to refine the slide. I could've done better in consensus learning because sometimes I was off-topic and not doing work.