For this project, we had to solve a problem that was affecting our world. The problem my group chose was acne.
Our Presentation
Process
The first part of this project was to identify a problem. We had a huge brainstorm with the class, and had around 50 problems. We then chose our problem. My group first chose tangled earbuds as our problem, but quickly realized there wasn enough information. So, after a few arguments, we chose acne as our problem. We spent around a week researching and annotating articles so we had enough information to engineer a solution. As most other groups, we had more of an idea as our final solution. We were about to make our cream, but we ran out of time
Reflection
In this project, I think my main pit was cooperation. Me and my group had many arguments, which surprised me since one of my members were a good friend of mine. But a lot of the time I was kind of done with the day, which made my attitude very sour. In the future, I will definately try to have a more positive attitude. Another problem I had was staying on task. A lot of the time I wasn't doing work, even after I was done waiting for my group to finish there work. This was reflected in my presentation, as we had minimum information in our presentation. In the future, I will make sure to do more work so we can have a more informative presentation
One peak I had was completing my work quickly. I was able to complete my work in the allotted time, even when I was messing around quite a bit. Also, my work wasn't done quickly and poorly, I still had good work quality. Another thing I did a good job on was presenting my work. During my presentation I was a confident speaker who knew what he had to say. Overall this project could have gone a lot better, and I hope to do a better job on future jobs
One peak I had was completing my work quickly. I was able to complete my work in the allotted time, even when I was messing around quite a bit. Also, my work wasn't done quickly and poorly, I still had good work quality. Another thing I did a good job on was presenting my work. During my presentation I was a confident speaker who knew what he had to say. Overall this project could have gone a lot better, and I hope to do a better job on future jobs
Concepts
Since there wasn very much physics, my physics concepts will be replaced by the Engineering cycle, which is the process an engineer goes through when they are engineering anything.
Identify Need - The first step of the cycle is to identify the problem you need to solve. For our project, we did this by choosing a world problem.
Research Problem-The next step is to find some information on the problem you need to solve. For our project, we spent a lot of time researching our problem by annotating articles so we knew about our problem.
Develope Possible Solution- The nect step is to actually find a way to solve a problem. For our project, my group brainstormed around 20 solutions that we possibly could use,
Select the Most Promissing Result- The next step is to find the best solution out of all the solutions. For our project, my groups decided that the most promising solution we found was to make a cream
Construct a Prototype-The next step is to construct a prototype of your solution. For our project, my group made an idea for a cream as a prototype
Test and Evaluate Prototype-The next step is to test out your prototype to see how effective it is. For our project, we couldn make a cream to test but we were able to practice presenting our idea
Communicate Design- The next step is to communicate your design to the rest of the world. For our project, we communicated our idea to our class with a google slides presentation
Redisgn-The final step is to redisgn your prototype to make it better, and repeat the engineering cycle. We did not do this step for our project since we had to move on to the next project.
Identify Need - The first step of the cycle is to identify the problem you need to solve. For our project, we did this by choosing a world problem.
Research Problem-The next step is to find some information on the problem you need to solve. For our project, we spent a lot of time researching our problem by annotating articles so we knew about our problem.
Develope Possible Solution- The nect step is to actually find a way to solve a problem. For our project, my group brainstormed around 20 solutions that we possibly could use,
Select the Most Promissing Result- The next step is to find the best solution out of all the solutions. For our project, my groups decided that the most promising solution we found was to make a cream
Construct a Prototype-The next step is to construct a prototype of your solution. For our project, my group made an idea for a cream as a prototype
Test and Evaluate Prototype-The next step is to test out your prototype to see how effective it is. For our project, we couldn make a cream to test but we were able to practice presenting our idea
Communicate Design- The next step is to communicate your design to the rest of the world. For our project, we communicated our idea to our class with a google slides presentation
Redisgn-The final step is to redisgn your prototype to make it better, and repeat the engineering cycle. We did not do this step for our project since we had to move on to the next project.