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THE SOLAR SYSTEM AND BEYOND ENGINEERING CHALLENGE

Engineering a Damping Device Defining the Engineering Problem 1. Assign roles to each member of your team. Each member will be responsible for a different part of the challenge.

Description

Role

Materials Purchaser

Team Member

You will purchase materials and make sure the design is within budget.

Lead Designer

You will lead the team in coming up with designs that meet your criteria and constraints.

Lead Builder

You will lead the team in building the design that is selected.

Test Data Analyst

You will lead the team in analyzing the data from tests and making improvements.

2. Read the letter that the producer has written. Then, using the letter as a guide, define the criteria and constraints of the engineering task.

Criteria

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Developing Possible Solutions 1. Draw your designs for your damping device. Be sure to label each part and what material each part is made of. Then, list the total mass and cost of the materials next to the design.

Design 1

Total Mass: ___________________ Total Cost: ____________________

Total Cost: _____________

Design 2

Total Mass: ___________________ Total Cost: ____________________

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Total Mass: _____________

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Design 3

Total Mass: ___________________ Total Cost: ____________________

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Total Mass: _____________ Total Cost: _____________

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Optimizing the Solution 1. Identify the points of failure in your design. Then, describe how you can improve them.

Point of Failure

Improvement

2. Draw and build a design that fixes the points of failure in your design. Make sure that it stays within your budget.

Total Mass: ___________________ Total Cost: ____________________

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Engineering Challenge Assessment Use the rubric below to evaluate your work on this engineering task. Then record your score in the Score column.

Achievement Levels

Engineering Process

Proficient (2 points)

Emergent (1 point)

Not Present (0 points)

Defining the Engineering Problem

Identified all of the criteria and constraints of the problem set out by the producer.

Identified some of the criteria and constraints of the problem set out by the producer.

Did not identify the criteria or constraints of the problem set out by the producer.

Developing Possible Solutions

Developed a design which met all of the defined criteria and constraints.

Developed a design which met some of the defined criteria and constraints.

Did not develop a design which met some of the defined criteria and constraints.

Optimizing the Design Solution

Identified all of the points of failure.

Identified some of the points of failure.

Did not identify points of failure.

Developed a new design that fixed all of the points of failure.

Developed a new design that fixed some of the points of failure.

Did not develop a new design.

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Score

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