Documentation Questions

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  1. List the total height to the nearest 1/16th of an inch for your tower?
  2. What was the weight of your tower in grams?
  3. Did your design solution meet all the design criteria and stay within the design constraints? Did your tower reach the minimum height of 30 inches? If not, what prevented your team from reaching your goal?
  4. Did your tower support 15lbs? If not, explain what failed?
  5. If the answer is NO, what did you have to change in either the design criteria or constrains?
  6. What was the total load that your tower supported for 30 seconds?
  7. What was the ratio of load to weight of the tower (ex. 20000:1 grams)?
  8. Did your tower survive the rock and roll earthquake test for 30 seconds?
  9. If the answer is NO, describe what your team observed when testing the final design solution?
  10. Describe/Explain what your Design/Build Team would do differently with the final solution in order to make it perform better?
  11. How did your final design solution (tower) compare to the other towers tested and built in class?
  12. What was the weight of your tower?
  13. Create a bar graph that will compare the performance of your final tower design with the other final solutions in class? Compare 1-heights, 2-total weights of the towers and 3-the maximum load supported of each tower.
  14. What did your team observe during high frequency earthquake test such as compression, torque, flex? Describe in detail.
  15. What did you find the most difficult part of this case study?
  16. Explain what you liked the most about this case study?
  17. What could we change in the activity to make it more interesting for students?
  18. List the tools used to construct the tower.
  19. How many feet of balsa wood sticks did you use?
  20. Each group member write a two paragraph evaluation on the project – was it interesting, too difficult, not enough time, plenty of time, very thought provoking, likes, dislikes, how your group worked – shared responsibilities, one sided, did not work well etc. Write your name at the beginning of your evaluation.
  21. CAD Drawing – Top and Side view with dimensions. Each group member will produce a CAD drawing of their towers final design.
  22. REVIT model