Capstone Step 4

Our Task

Our task for this portion of the Capstone project was to complete our building of our prototype and to begin testing. We successfully finished our prototype testing and we have just begun our initial testing phase. After this, we will create our conclusion and final presentation to close out our year and Capstone project.

Our Prototype Progress Update

We have successfully completed building our prototype. We added wooden supports, the glass panels, and the funnel to the chambers. We used sealant to seal it all together, and are covering the top with saran wrap to keep all of the evaporated water inside the chambers. We are now using it to start our testing process and we are accumulating results.

Copy of Copy of N.A.M.K. - Detailed Experiments/Tests plan and set-up

Experimenting and Testing Plan

Here are our plans for our testing process. We will continue this for a few weeks before drawing conclusions.

Reflection

For this step in our project, I think we have done really well with constructing our project prototype. Two things that I think we did well were using our cultural competence and communication skills, and two things that I think we could work on are our conscientious learning and also communication skills. For things that went well, we have done a lot of research and looked at some additional pieces to add to our project to see how we can make our product the best that it can be for our "customers" and our community, which leads into cultural competence as we make a product that works as best as it can for as many people as possible. For communication, I think that we have done really well at communicating with what needs to get done and what we have already completed. We also know who needs to do what so that we can get everything done efficiently.

On the other hand, for things we need to work on, sometimes, we end up getting distracted in class and we need to refocus ourselves. To further this, we can better our conscientious learning skills by being more productive in class and completing everything we need to outside of class. Also, for communication skills, while we excelled in some aspects of communication, I still think we all have a slightly different view of how we are visualizing the product, and I think it would benefit us to come together to get everyone on the same page.

Overall, I think that our project and prototype construction are going well, and I am excited to continue and move into the testing phase.