Egg Drop Challenge

Idea Generation Achievements:(6)
Brainstorming

-Create a sketch of one possible solution. Include labels.
-Create a sketch of another possible solution. Include labels.

-Create a sketch of a third possible solution. Include labels.

-Use a decision matrix to justify the approach you chose: Our decision matrix chose the Cotton/Balloon design but we went with the second option.

Material Prep

-Generate a list of materials required for build day.

-Document a plan to ensure materials are brought in on block day.
Plan: I brought in balloons, tape, and string
         Colin brought in ziploc bags and cotton balls

Build Achievements:(6)
Material Size:

                                                      -Your materials fit inside a printer paper box

-Your materials fit inside a shoe box

Our materials easily fit into the shoe box and was way too big to fit in the cigar box.

Material Weight:

                                                        -Your materials weigh less than 500 grams.

                                                        -Your materials weigh less than 300 grams.

 -Your materials weigh less than 200 grams.

 -Your materials weigh less than 150 grams.
Explanation:
    - Our materials weighed 115g without the egg. It was too risky to try and make it under 100g
    - We should have packed it full of more cotton balls to make it close to 150g because we would have recieved the same amount of achievements

Drop Achievements:(4)

Drop Accuracy:

-You hit the butcher paper!

-You hit inside the third ring!

Our design was one of the most accurate designs because most didn't hit the target sheet at all.

Egg Resilience:

-Your egg broke but the yolk remained intact.

-Your egg cracked but the yolk stayed inside and intact.

Our egg did have a ton of cracks in it, but the yolk still remained intact. We should have used more cotton balls to ensure the safety of our egg.

Calculation Achievements:(1)

-Describe an aspect of the event using arithmetic.

The weight of the egg(50g) + The weigth of the design without the egg(115g) = Total weight(165g)

-Describe an aspect of the event using geometry.

Other Achievements:(2)

-Come up with a clever name Mr. Olson uses for an existing Achievment.

-Design an Achievement Mr. Olson approves for next year's Egg Drop Challenge:

Adding on to the requirement of dropping the egg from the second floor

- If the egg survives the first drop then drop it from a higher elevation such as the roof

- If it survives then the egg is awarded double the amount of points awarded for surviving the first

- The achievement would be called "The Ultimate Task"

-Suggest a redesign to the activity that Mr Olson confirms he will use for next year's Egg Drop Challenge.

- Not many people hit the target at all so maybe making the target a little bigger would increase the amount of hits.

 What is the TED organization about?
- It's and organization that wants to spread new, inteligent ideas throughout the world
- They have many interesting ideas about many topics such as entertaimnet, technology, and design

What's the sites purpose?
- The sites sole purpose is to spread ideas by showing videos of proffesionals in the specific fields of work

As Engineers and Problem Solvers, which topic areas are of most interest to us?
- Technology and design are the most interesting to engineers.
- Engineers try to make new designs and will take old designs and make them better
- Technology is a way to help make the designs better

Based on your previous answer, what are 3 videos on the site that appear like they would be of most interest to you as an Engineer/Problem Solver?
a) Ueli Gegenschatz soars in a wingsuit- It deals with trying to make the best suit to try and break world records for flying. He is working towards the human dream of flying.

b) Peter Haas: Haiti's disaster of engineering- It explains why so many buildings collapsed during the earthquake in Haiti. The engineering of their buildings caused most of them to fall.

c) Michael Pawlyn: Using nature's genius in architecture- Animals and plants have amazing designs that aid them in their survival and if we incorporate some of those designs in buildings it could make for better structures.

• Even though Ueli is a stunt man he is also an engineer.
• He is trying to build a wingsuit that will travel the farthest distance ever
• He has to have the perfect equipment and a perfect design or else he could hurt himself when using it.

How could you get involved in the field/technology/issue you chose to hear about? What experience/skills/training/education would you need to learn to get involved with this field?- It might be hard to get involved as a kid because there are so many things that you need to know, but once I get older I wouldn't mind getting involved once I've learned more.

- To get involved you have to know a lot about weather patterns and the dynamics of flying such as angles at which to go and how to incorporate new technology in aiding someone to fly.

Subprograms

Deliverables-A concise sentence or two that summarizes the activity
Today we learned how to put a subprogram into a mainprogram using our RoboPro.
-Screenshots of your program that show off the subprogram and metering

Conclusion
-What are the benefits of using subprograms within your team development projects?
It is really useful in that it allows you to have two things running at once.

*Due to the internet being down the past couple days and working on and off for the past couple weeks I was unable to put my picture of my function in this post

Variables and Branch Functions

My picture shows that as the current flows it needs to get greater than ten until it can finish to the end.

*Due to the internet being down the past couple days and working on and off for the past couple weeks I was unable to put my picture of my function in this post

Branch Functions

Ryan, Collin, and I used RoboPro today in Activity 3.1.4. All three of us used the RoboPro on Collin's computer. We all looked up some pictures and took some pictures, and we all contributed to the building of the software.


1. Describe why it is important to include branches in programs.
- Branches make it possible to turn things on and off in the system.
2. Describe an everyday application of a normally open switch that has not been given as an example.
- A car is an open circuit, when you turn the key it turns on.
3. Describe an everyday application of a normally closed switch that has not been given as an example.
- A light bulb is an closed cicuit and when the swithc is flicked the current flows

3.1.2 Flowcharting

*Both copied from Collin because I wasn't here for this activity

1. How is flowcharting similar to using a map to plan a route for a trip?
- It is very similar because on a flowchart there is a starting point and to get to the ending point there can be multiple ways to get there.
- On a road trip there are also many ways to get to the destination from your starting point
2. Describe a process that you perform every day. Develop a flowchart that illustrates the process.
This flow chart is my morning routine:

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3.1.1 Inputs and Outputs

1. Examine the wire diagram on the mini switch and describe how the diagram relates to the concepts of normally open and normally closed.

- The miniswitch has a line with a circle which connects to the other lines when it is a closed circuit and doesn't when it is an opened circuit.

2. If computers only understand digital signals, then how is a computer able to interpret the analog signals coming from the interface?
- The computer converts the analog signals to digital signals to understand them and then converts it back.

3. Why does resistance decrease as the NTC Resistor becomes warmer?
- The warmer the Resistor gets, the easier the flow of energy is.