Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Period: 5
Due Date:
Date: 3/18/16
2.
Brainstorming
List/sketch possible solutions that might be used in your final design.
each of these ideas relates to the problem statement.
3.
Notes
The size of the envelope is 3x5
About 500,00 letters are damaged a week.
Citations/References
4.
Criteria
We need the chip to safely make it
through the postal service without
cracking breaking or being damaged in
any way.
5.
Constraints
We can only use so much of each material. The
envelope also needs to be able to pass through the
postal services system.
Exploring possibilities
Reflect on your brainstormed ideas and research notes and describe the plusses and minuses of each
design approach you have considered.
Brainstorming Idea
We put in a square
structure with the
straws on the
outside
We put the chip into
a square structure
with the straws on
the inside
We put the chip
inside the envelope
with protection
Pluses
The chip on the inside will be
safe from low level crushing
Minuses
The envelope may be too puffed up to make it
through the postal service inspection.
6. Selecting an Approach
a. Enter the constraints and criteria of the project in the first column.
b. Score your brainstorming ideas against each constraint or criterion and indicate how well the idea
meets the criteria and constraints.
3 pts = easily meets, 2 pts = somewhat meets, 1 pt. = does not meet
c. Total the columns and circle the highest score to indicate your best design idea.
Constraint/Criterion
We put in a square
structure with the
straws on the outside
We put the chip into a
square structure with
the straws on the
inside
We put the chip inside
the envelope with
protection
Total
durability
efficiency
Difficulty
of building
Time of
construction
3
3
3
2
3
Qty
5
Duct tape
1 foot
Index card
6 cards
chip
Construction in-process
Construction in-process
Final Product
Test Results
11.Creating or Making It
Modify your model/prototype to incorporate the design refinements you identified in section 10. What
additional steps would be necessary to produce the final product for the customer?
to the teacher.