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Evidence of Work
Evidence of Work
After working on the capstone project all year long, it was time to compile all of our research, prototypes, sketches, business cards/flyers and product. In order to promote our prosthetic for a cat we created a professional report, slideshow presentation and video representations. These assignments typically explain the manufacturing concept, strengths of our design and how the prosthetic functions. We spent around a month going through all of our previous work to find the most valuable material to include in our reports.
One of the most crucial components for my team was testing/running experiments on our prosthetic to figure out the best materials to use. We spent many hours in the makers space and then occasionally worked on our reports at home in order to keep up on assignments. We also made a technical poster, professional website and added voice overs to our slideshow presentation. We presented our project at Senior STEM night and will present it to the STEM board. In the end these assignments were created to help us showcase our prosthetic design. The final design includes one ball in socket joint, a nub socket with silicone lining, an apple air tag, harness, paw, and PLA printed limbs.
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Step Five
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Step 8
Content
Content
Functionality: The quality of being suited to serve a purpose well; practicality. Since prosthetics for cats don't have joints this isn't very suitable for a cats function. This is why we made a prosthetic that has a joint to make it easier for a cat to move.
Experiment: a scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact. We ran two experiments on our prosthetic which helped us determine what we needed to improve.
Prototype: a first, typical or preliminary model of something, especially a machine, from which other forms are developed or copied. Along the way we made many prosthetics until we came up with our final one. The different prosthetics helped us visualize what we needed to improve on.
Prosthetic: denoting an artificial body part, such as a limb, a heart, or a breast implant. We made a new and improved prosthetic for the hind legs of domestic cats. The prosthetic will primarily be made out of pla plastic
Reflection
Reflection
Whenever a problem arose, or a task needed to be complete, I made sure to communicate with my group. I individually texted group mates to make sure they knew what their roles were for the week. If I saw them falling behind I encouraged and helped them with their task. I always made sure to tell them what I was doing whether it was going to pick up the business cards, print out the flyers, or make my voice overs. When I go off to college, I will make sure to carry on this skill.
I was able to collaborate with all of my group mates. Emma and I worked together by designing the technical posters and drawing the technical sketches. Keeley and I were in charge of organizing and finalizing all assignments. I also helped Mahalia work on her assigned slideshows. In the end, it was a great experience being able to work along other female STEM students who share the same love for science as me.
We did not have good time management skills. By focusing on one assignment at a time, this led us to falling behind on the other assignments. Since there were technical difficulties with our prosthetic this drove my attention to helping my other teammates fix it instead of working on the report. Moving forward, I think everyone should do a different task to make sure all concepts in the report and slideshow are complete on time and not a couple days later.
When it came to fixing our prosthetics and how it can bend I did not contribute much input as I would have liked. I primarily decided to focus on creating the reports, slideshows and art because I am most comfortable doing these things. Next time I will push myself to work outside of my comfort zone in order to gain more skills.
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