Design and Build Project
This assignment was to pick a item to build of the website instructables.com. I came across 3 items that stood out to me; a simplistic desk, a tensegrity table, and a desk with 2 shelves. I chose the desk with shelves. There were then 4 more assignments that would ask you to document your progress. I got great grades on all of these.
I chose this assignment for the portfolio because I showed hard work from a assignment that could really easy. This was one of the biggest assignments of this quarter for me. I put a lot of work into this project and worked on it almost everyday. This project took me almost 2 full weeks to complete. This project represents the 21st century skill of Thinking and Problem Solving. I had to solve problem in this project such as the legs splitting at the ends. Sometimes the screw measurements didn't work out and it wouldn't grip. I solved all of these problems with this 21st century skill. I also implemented the skill of Information Skills by being able to set up a device that tells me what to do while working. |
I grew through this project by pushing my current building skills to different levels. I have worked on other creations before for myself or my cats. I have built with weird shapes like poles when I was building a cat pole for my cats to sleep on. I have had to rebuild my bed platform before like when we moved recently. Building this helped expand on things that I wouldn't think would go wrong, go wrong.
My current growth from this project includes being able to fix new problems while building. I have never worked on something that need a lot of support like this desk. I can use this information in the future if I decide to go down a engineering career. The more I know about how wood can break or become weakened, I can be on the lookout for future problems. |