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The ASSIGNMENTÂ
The ASSIGNMENTÂ
We were tasked with picking and researching a world problem. Then we had to come up with a solution that we could do ourselves. My group chose deforestation as our problem to solve.
Engineering Design Cycle
Ask - the ask was to focus on a world problem and come up with a solution for it. We chose deforestation.
Research - after choosing our problem, we needed to go deeper into it to truly understand why deforestation is happening. We found that agriculture plays a big role in cutting down trees, so we decided to focus on that.
Possible Solutions - next we came up with ideas to stop or slow down our problem. We had the idea for underground farming. and backyard farms.
Plan - we chose to focus on backyard farming because it would lower the need for big farms that take up a lot of space.
Create - next we got together seeds, and we made an instruction kit for the farm.
Test - we thought about our product, and we thought to get plants that would be growing year round so the need for big farms isn't just lowered once a year.
Improve - to improve we got plants specific to each seaseon and added more instructions to our planting it.
Our Solution - Planting Kit
The solution that we came up with was a planting kit with seeds, and a instruction manual on how to properly plant each one and when. This helps solve deforestation because it lowers the need for big farms that wipe out trees for space. A backyard farm will supply you with your own home grown fruits and vegetables. We picked plants for specific to every season so you could grow food year round. Lowering the need for big farms will keep from more of them being made to grow more food.
Reflection
Some things I felt I did well during this project would be staying on task. I was working most of the time, trying to get things done. Another thing I did well was coming up with ideas when we didn't know what to do. I came up with our solution, and I kept the team on task.
Some things I need to improve on for next practice would be preparing more for the actual presenting part. I don't think we were ready to present when we did. We had all our slides done, but we didn't practice before.
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