I was in a group with my classmate, Wes, and we built a sturdy but slow car, not winning any of the speed achievements, but we did win some other significant ones.
We also maintained the criteria and constraints listed under the challenge page on Mr. Olsen's blog.
All together, Wes and I managed to claim 12 achievements.
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| Our Race car |
Achievements:
Design Stage:
1. Brainiac
10 Concepts/Ideas:
*Lightweight
*Speed with Distance
*Small Wheels
*Small Body
*Wind Resistance
*Rubber Wheels
*Straight Shooter
*Strength
*Aerodynamic
*Small use of materials
2. Visualize It
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| Our first Sketch |
Build Stage:
3. Build It
4. The Price of Glory
The least we could do is $17 because we used
4 wheels, 3 holds, 1 mousetrap, 1 string, 4 Bars, 2 Axles, and 2 Blocks
Test Stage:
5. The Distance Event
6. Acceleration Event
7. Competitor
8. Feedback
+: It was sturdy, and it moved
Change: Could have used less materials to create our car
?: What would be a good way to change our car to make it faster/travel farther?
!: Make a more aerodynamic car, perhaps with shorter axles
9. Rework
10. Game Changer
*I think that adding a new rule that all axles have to be used. There was a constraint that we had to use two axles, but it did not say that we had to make use of them. My new rule would be to make both of the axles on the ground, and not like an axle on the ground then one just hanging in the air.
11. Name it
*I would change the Led Foot Challenge name to "If you're not first, you're last".
12. Leave it cleaner than you found it
*Wes and I dissasembled out cars completely, even if we found some of the parts already assembled, we also kept any trash off of our desk and placed it in the trash can.
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