Project Guidelines
The Millennium Development Goals Advocacy Group has tasked you with the following challenge:
Design and construct science-based/force-based solution to a local, regional or global social justice issue.
As such, you will research existing issues; brainstorm, ideate and design a new solution; and then market your solution.
Part 1: Researching an Existing Issue
You will need to research existing social justice issues. Make sure the issue is personal to you and personal to another population.
When doing your research, do not seek issues with existing solutions. Do not concern yourself with possible solutions immediately. These will flow later. The idea is to define an issue that needs solving, and then development a solution later. If you start with the solution, you will not be successful.
Complete the engineering design process worksheet to preliminarily document your work. This documentation needs to be posted on weebly on a regular basis.
Part 2: Official Documentation
Public documentation of the design process will be important. You will accomplish this doing the following:
1. Create a free website on weebly. Please name your weebly: /groupnameportfolio
2. Please make sure you email me your link.
3. You should have four primary pages:
a. Problem Description, Requirements, Restraints, and Research
b. Brainstormed ideas, Idea Evaluation, Improvements
c. Design Plan
d. Marketing Plan
4. You will post all screen captures and analysis questions on your weebly. You will need to post on a regular basis to meet design deadlines.
Part 3: Equipment
You have a wide range of equipment available to you for this project
a. TinkerCad: Tinkercad is an easy-to-use tool for creating digital designs that are ready to be 3D printed into physical objects. Users are guided through the 3D design process through 'Lessons', which teach the basics before moving on to more complex modeling techniques.
b. Replicator 2: Your 3D Printer
c. Arduino: Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software.
d. MakerWare
e. Scratch
f. MakeyMakey: An invention kit for everyone
Your design solution must either: require something to be printed in the 3D printer OR use an Arduino or other sensor to record information and then do something.
Design and construct science-based/force-based solution to a local, regional or global social justice issue.
As such, you will research existing issues; brainstorm, ideate and design a new solution; and then market your solution.
Part 1: Researching an Existing Issue
You will need to research existing social justice issues. Make sure the issue is personal to you and personal to another population.
When doing your research, do not seek issues with existing solutions. Do not concern yourself with possible solutions immediately. These will flow later. The idea is to define an issue that needs solving, and then development a solution later. If you start with the solution, you will not be successful.
Complete the engineering design process worksheet to preliminarily document your work. This documentation needs to be posted on weebly on a regular basis.
Part 2: Official Documentation
Public documentation of the design process will be important. You will accomplish this doing the following:
1. Create a free website on weebly. Please name your weebly: /groupnameportfolio
2. Please make sure you email me your link.
3. You should have four primary pages:
a. Problem Description, Requirements, Restraints, and Research
b. Brainstormed ideas, Idea Evaluation, Improvements
c. Design Plan
d. Marketing Plan
4. You will post all screen captures and analysis questions on your weebly. You will need to post on a regular basis to meet design deadlines.
Part 3: Equipment
You have a wide range of equipment available to you for this project
a. TinkerCad: Tinkercad is an easy-to-use tool for creating digital designs that are ready to be 3D printed into physical objects. Users are guided through the 3D design process through 'Lessons', which teach the basics before moving on to more complex modeling techniques.
b. Replicator 2: Your 3D Printer
c. Arduino: Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software.
d. MakerWare
e. Scratch
f. MakeyMakey: An invention kit for everyone
Your design solution must either: require something to be printed in the 3D printer OR use an Arduino or other sensor to record information and then do something.