Implementation
Teacher
Prep
- Meet with other teachers that will introduce the cross-curricular lessons.
- Gather all materials listed for the prerequisite
knowledge lessons and the
challenge.
- Review the prerequisite knowledge lessons and teach
them before the challenge.
- Divide the class into teams of 3-4 students.
- Pick the students or teachers that will be on top of the dolly.
- Use masking tape, the measuring take, and the sharpie to create a ruler on the floor to measure the distance.
Engineering Design
Process
- ASK - Define the problem for the Tow Challenge.
- IMAGINE - Brainstorm possible solutions to the problem: what mechanism can we build to tow the dolly over the longest possible distance?
- PLAN - Sketch the ideas for the towing mechanism on the paper sheets.
- CREATE - Build the towing mechanism.
- IMPROVE - Test your design using the 4-wheeled dolly without any weight on it. How can the design be improved? How will it hold with weight on it?
- COMMUNICATE - Write down step by step instructions that explain how to
build the towing mechanism.
Procedure/Method
It is up to each student to build the prototype as they see convenient. There is no guidance or mandate on what a successful towing mechanism looks like.
Ideally, the dolly will be placed in one of a court or street with no weight on it.
The students will build the towing mechanism using only the provided materials.
If required, the "Captain" of the dolly (to be chosen by the teacher) will be the person responsible to hold the towing mechanism.
The towing mechanism can be attached to the dolly using only the provided materials.
The team towing the dolly can command the people in the dolly where to place themselves.