In the cable car activity we had to make a car that would hold a small bird creature. We could only use the materials that were given to us and they were odds and ends kind of things. It had to go down a slope and our team was allowed one test drive and after that we could fix it after that. Our cable car went 11'4 which got second place.
Some Questions: - Why do you think brainstorming is helpful when solving a problem? I feel if we don't sit down and brainstorm, everything will turn into chaos. - How did testing improve your design? It helped because we got to figure out what was causing the car to slow down and what would help it to go a little faster. - With respect to designing the solution of a problem, what are some important characteristics of a successful team? Everyone needs to have to the ability to listen and understand everyone's ideas. No one needs to get hurt during the process. All ideas don't need to be discarded right away, test them or logically think why they wouldn't work.
Purpose of this experiment: There are many ways to solve a problem. Sometimes it is as simple as applying a piece of duct tape. Other times it takes months or years for a product of progress from an idea to a full-scale production. Often engineers and designers use a special set of steps (sometimes called a design process) to find the best solution to a problem. In this activity