Name: Curt Blimline Contact Info: [email protected] Date:24-Jun-13
Lesson Title: Zip Line Ride Design Unit #: Lesson #: Activity #: Worksheet: e Activity Title: Zip Ride Design Project 4 2 4 Worksheet Title: Zip Ride Design Project Zip Ride Name______
The Challenge Design a zip ride trolley system with a braking mechanism that delivers a safe and smooth ride on a zip line.
The Criteria 1. The materials must be easily obtainable from home or school.
2. The system must transport a 1 kg mass along an approximately 3 m zip line at various elevations and stop at the end of the zip line.
3. The braking mechanism and trolley can be one unit or separate units.
4. The zip lines used will be the ones set up in the lab. They will be made of 1/8” flexible galvanized steel wire.
5. Once the trolley is released, no team interaction with the zip line trolley and/or braking mechanism can occur.
The Process In your teams: 1. Research existing zip line trolley systems for design characteristics and function. Some websites to consider:
a. http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/zip-line1.htm
b. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip-line
1 c. http://www.ziplinerider.com
2. Brainstorm ideas for the type of zip line trolley system you want to design. Some ideas to consider:
a. What design characteristics will contribute to the smoothness of the ride?
b. How will you brake the zip line trolley at the end of the line?
c. How will you determine the safety of your design?
d. How will friction or air drag affect your design?
3. From your research and brainstorming, identify three possible design solutions to the challenge. Include diagrams of the designs.
4. Based upon the challenge, design criteria and research, select the solution that your team believes to be the best.
5. Identify materials needed.
6. Construct your zip line trolley system including the braking mechanism.
7. Conduct laboratory testing to evaluate your product and document the lab results with data tables and graphs.
8. Evaluate your product and make revisions to the product as needed.
The Presentation 1. Create a PowerPoint presentation summarizing your research and design that includes:
a. Title slide that contains a name for your zip line trolley system and the names of your team members.
b. Slides that document the Engineering Design Process including:
b.i. The challenge statement
b.ii. your web research,
2 b.iii. constraints for the project,
b.iv. the three design solutions to the challenge that you identified,
b.v. the design that your team chose as the best design solution to the challenge,
b.vi. the lab design tests and processes used to evaluate your design; provide evidence from your tests/results that support your explanations.
b.vii. the lab design results including data tables, data analysis, and graphs; ,
b.viii. any revisions to the design incorporated in your final product,
b.ix. explanations of how your design meets or does not meet the challenge.
2. Make a 5-6 minute team presentation of your PowerPoint in which every team member presents at least two slides.
3. Demonstrate your zip line trolley system in action.
3 Evaluation Rubric - Chemistry Design Project: Zip Ride Names______CATEGORY 4 3 2 1 Score The physical All physical criteria are criteria are met Most physical criteria are not met and by the product All physical criteria are met by the met by the product but the the product and the product product and the product almost product does not meet the does not Criteria and Goals easily meets the meets the functional goals set forth functional goals set forth meet the functional goals in the description. in the description. functional set forth in the goals set description. forth in the description. Product shows a Product shows a very weak strong or no connection to Product shows a weak Product shows a connection to the connection the research connection to the research research with evidence of accurate to the Product (x3) with evidence of with evidence of some scientific data. research additional and scientific data. with little accurate evidence of scientific data. scientific data. PowerPoint PowerPoint includes includes all PowerPoint includes six or five or more PowerPoint required PowerPoint includes seven or more more required required components with required components with good components with limited component presentation (x3) excellent detail detail and evidence of research. detail and evidence of s with little and evidence of research. detail and research. evidence of research. Creativity PowerPoint PowerPoint shows some originality PowerPoint shows an PowerPoint shows and inventiveness. The product's attempt at originality and is a rehash considerable purpose and strengths are inventiveness. The of other originality and somewhat articulated. product's purpose and people's inventiveness. strengths are not clearly ideas and 4 shows very little attempt at original The product's thought. purpose and The strengths are articulated. product's clearly purpose articulated. and strengths are not understood. Clear, concise, engaging Poor presentation, Presentation lacks clarity presentatio well supported Well organized, interesting, and organization; n; does not by multisensory confident presentation supported by modestly communicates communica Presentation skills aids; scientific multisensory aids; scientific content scientific content to peer te scientific content communicated to peer group. group. content to effectively peer group. communicated to peer group.
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