what is this project about?
It's kinda like when you set up dominoes, then knock them over. The only thing is, we weren't allowed to use dominoes. We had to use levers, pulleys, magnets, and little balls of metal. The goal was that we had to get the ball into a little cup somehow. This meant we had to "think outside the box." My partner and I HAD to work together. some days we just brainstormed, other days we completed like three transitions. Then out of those three, we would choose one that worked with what we needed.
It's kinda like when you set up dominoes, then knock them over. The only thing is, we weren't allowed to use dominoes. We had to use levers, pulleys, magnets, and little balls of metal. The goal was that we had to get the ball into a little cup somehow. This meant we had to "think outside the box." My partner and I HAD to work together. some days we just brainstormed, other days we completed like three transitions. Then out of those three, we would choose one that worked with what we needed.
Procedure
Well, when we first started, we did not know what we were going to do at all. A week passed and we only had one transition of the ten that we needed to pass. first we started with a box (see above), the little marble would roll down a ramp we had made out of a wooden ruler. Then the marble would hit a jenga block that would hit a piece of paper, that would knock over scissors. Now, the scissors held up a ramp made out of cardboard. This ramp was set up like a lever.
Well, when we first started, we did not know what we were going to do at all. A week passed and we only had one transition of the ten that we needed to pass. first we started with a box (see above), the little marble would roll down a ramp we had made out of a wooden ruler. Then the marble would hit a jenga block that would hit a piece of paper, that would knock over scissors. Now, the scissors held up a ramp made out of cardboard. This ramp was set up like a lever.
On the lever was a hot wheels car. It would go down and hit another lever, but this lever was different. It was a hinge and two wooden planks. This would fall and push a metal ball into a pulley system.
The whole thing was pretty much just trail and error. Me and Paula would try something. If it failed, we would try to change it somehow to see if it would work or we would just try something else. Something new. We did have a "drawn design" but we would add to the design as we added to the chain.
The whole thing was pretty much just trail and error. Me and Paula would try something. If it failed, we would try to change it somehow to see if it would work or we would just try something else. Something new. We did have a "drawn design" but we would add to the design as we added to the chain.