Timeline for next week Friday 4/10/15 - Create a bucket for weight to be placed on, attached to the sling. Monday 4/13/15 - Add pouch/material necessary for the ball (being placed) to start off with. Tuesday 4/14/15 - *(If necessary Finish bucket/pouch)* or test run the first few trials and attempt to fix any errors within the trebuchet. Wednesday 4/15/15 - Understand how much power can be used (based on different weight), placement, and angle projection of the trebuchet through more trials. Thursday 4/16/15 - *(If necessary, finish uncompleted tasks)* or design the trebuchet with graphics and finishing touches. Fix all errors. Friday 4/17/15 - Present trebuchet to Mr. Kanopka and the class. What we have done since our last update was working on the actual construction of the trebuchet. We had to go through several obstacles when it came to getting the right pieces, and we had to alter the intial design to fit everything together. What we plan to do after the break is to finish the trebuchet and find a certain rod(metal if possible) to attach the sling. Then we have to run trials with the trebuchet. We are currently still in the process of modeling a trebuchet. We have not yet constructed the actual trebuchet with wood, but we made a prototype of it using construction board and tinkercad. We have a broad understanding of weebly, tinkercad, and how we plan on continuing this project. What we have done so far is setting up our website, such as supplying our resources with helpful links and posting updates and pictures. We also outlined the blue print on graphing paper and tinkercad, and tested the prototype with construction paper. We are still currently working on the prototype because it still have few imperfections.
1. How we feel about our project after the first week is that it was very tricky and can be pretty tedious. The reasons being was because we are inexperienced when it we were introduced to weebly, tinkercad, modeling a trebuchet, and actually constructing one with classroom materials.
2. What has been the hardest part so far was editing the website, because only one person can do it at a time. We was not prepared for that nor was we organized, which created more complications as the week progressed. 3. How our design changed since day one was the sizing. Initially, we intended to build the trebuchet accurately from certain measurements, but we realized that it came with many difficulties into the construction of a trebuchet. We changed the sizing slightly, which change the initial plan at day one. 4. What we are most looking forward to is actually finishing our trebuchet. We understand that there will be many more complications but we can still progress through it. 5. Each members of the group contributed evenly with discussing/planning, searching for resources, writing blog posts, and drawing the blue print. We also all separated into specific assignments when it came to constructing the model and creating a 3-D model in tinkercard. 6. Our major achievement as of right now is actually almost finishing the construction of the trebuchet, which will be finished after slight touches. Our highlights of our process in making this was that we worked together and contributed enough to come this far. What we plan on doing is building a medium sized trebuchet, about 30 inches tall. The materials required for this would be wood, sling or a tennis ball hurler, office supplies (such as rulers to measure), racquetball, and possibly wheels. There can always be changes throughout this process, even with more materials added to the list.
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