Puzzle

Step 1: Brainstorm

For this project we had to create a puzzle with with various constraints. The puzzles had to be from 4-6 pieces only, there could only be 5 pieces, some had to interlock, and it had to create a complete 3x3 cube. I came up with two puzzles that fit the criteria, as shown in the photos.

 

Step 2: Cake layers

After brainstorming and building our puzzles we created cake layers as to get a general idea on where the pieces went and interlocked.

 

Step 3: The Choosing

I had a partner try to do both of my puzzles and chose puzzle 2 as my final puzzle because my partner couldn't figure the second one out but was able to do the first.

Step 4: Multiview sketch

For this part, we took our engineering notebooks and made multiview sketches of our 5 pieces.

 

Step 5: Inventor

For this part we went on inventor and made our parts on this computer program. I did not have time to assemble the pieces but i was able to build them all

 

Statistics and quality

In this assignment, we used calipers to measure small wooden cubes to the nearest 0.001. As it turned out, our cubes all ended up being slightly different in size.

1. 0.750
2. 0.745
3. 0.752
4. 0.751
5. 0.749
6. 0.750
7. 0.751
8. 0.739
9. 0.756
10. 0.747
11. 0.755
12. 0.749
13. 0.748
14. 0.778
15. 0.749
16. 0.773
17. 0.763
18. 0.756
19. 0.758
20. 0.750
21. 0.751
22. 0.755
23. 0.744
24. 0.756
25. 0.750
26. 0.750
27. 0.769

Mean:	0.75348148148148
Median:	0.751
Mode:	.75

As we can see, the blocks are all slightly different in size.

I have a histogram for this information but im still trying to link it

Concept mapping

Concept Mapping: Textbook App
I had first started out with the idea of trying to fix the unemployment problem in America but there weren't many solid, sure solutions for everything. So instead, I thought up something else: The Textbook App.
Being in the 10th grade in high school, its annoying to carry all of these heavy textbooks across campus 5 times a day, to home, and to school again. We have about 4-5 textbooks per student that weigh around 3 pounds each. if we're carrying about 2 to 3 textbooks around campus, that's around 6 to 9 pounds of just textbooks. We aren't accounting for the weight in our backpacks from the notebooks, workbooks, binders, and other supplies. All of that weight on your shoulders all day, everyday creates a lot of stress and pain in our shoulders.
Now let's consider college. Buying textbooks can get up from $1000-$3000 per year. Buying used textbooks are normally already marked up and scribbled on by other students and it looks messy.
Other problems would fall under how we can't make marks in our textbooks, pages start to fall out of the textbook, and they're hard to store at home due to how big and bulky they are.
Online textbooks are offered, but the websites are messy, some devices aren't compatible with the website, and you can't make notes on the online page.

 My idea was to make a textbook app that was much more cheaper and convenient for the everyday student. On the app you could access textbooks for free or for a very low price on any and every device. The layout of the app would be simple and you can do things like make marks and notes without cluttering the page.

Fling Machine

For the fling machine William and I created a simple, catapult like device. The 2 straws were slightly elevated and held stable with two pipe cleaners. We placed two Popsicle sticks inside of aluminum foil and folded it to get our flingy part of the catapult. We offset the flingy part on the base so we could hit the shorter side and send the cotton ball flying.