This project was about placing the story of Romeo and Juliet into our assigned conflict. There were 3 group members for every conflict and each of the group members had to make their own independent final product. For the engineering and physics of the project we had to create a module using wood that represented the two sides of the conflict, for the coaster portion we had to weld a track that marble could roll on. For physics we had to find the energy of the marble when on our track.
A memorable moment for me in this project was when I did my first really good weld. I knew how to weld before and my welds were okay but they kept breaking. I was really excited when I got a nice smooth round weld on my track. I was the only group member who welded so i did the entire track by myself. I felt successful in this moment because of how rewarding it feels to finally have a solid weld. When I first started welding my track it was always breaking apart which is very frustrating and it really makes it so much more rewarding when you weld your track and all of the welds are solid, which means you don have to re do it.
Some ways that my group and I could improved during our design pitch was to make sure we are talking in an organized fashion. I think I talked most in the group. I introduced us and concluded our pitch, which means I should know when and what I am going to say, which I did. I knew what I was going to say and everything I said had meaning, expect i think putting it into a more organized pitched would helped the group overall. Something else that I need to work on for the design pitch is making sure I have products that I am really proud of and excited to present.
A memorable moment for me in this project was when I did my first really good weld. I knew how to weld before and my welds were okay but they kept breaking. I was really excited when I got a nice smooth round weld on my track. I was the only group member who welded so i did the entire track by myself. I felt successful in this moment because of how rewarding it feels to finally have a solid weld. When I first started welding my track it was always breaking apart which is very frustrating and it really makes it so much more rewarding when you weld your track and all of the welds are solid, which means you don have to re do it.
Some ways that my group and I could improved during our design pitch was to make sure we are talking in an organized fashion. I think I talked most in the group. I introduced us and concluded our pitch, which means I should know when and what I am going to say, which I did. I knew what I was going to say and everything I said had meaning, expect i think putting it into a more organized pitched would helped the group overall. Something else that I need to work on for the design pitch is making sure I have products that I am really proud of and excited to present.