Give an overview of your design process, sharing the product & your learning First I determined what I wanted my product to be, and found some precedents to base my design off of and aspects from those precedents that I could add onto my own model to make it unique and interesting. Then I started […]

Some strengths of this product is that it shows the inner mechanics of the product, which can make it easier for a child to understand how it works as they can see the mechanics in effect. It is also made out of pretty cheap and easy to obtain materials which makes it more accessible in […]

We tried not to over complicate the design enough so that a elementary schooler could understand how to use it and how it would work, possibly colour-coding certain parts so it’s more obvious how the mechanism works and how different parts work, although we didn’t quite take into consideration the fragility of the Popsicle sticks […]

Idea of what the final model may look like What are the project specifications? Who is the client? Design and make a toy that converts energy, has to be easy enough that its creatable in 3 classes Client: elementary schoolers, they’ll likely find a rubber band-powered boat more interesting than an older person likely would […]