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GOAL . . . ?

FINAL TEST: TEST THE BRIDGE WITH WEIGHTS TO SEE THE LOAD IT CAN

CARRY BEFORE BREAKING!!

PURPOSE: (FOR YOU AS GRADE 7 STUDENTS) . . . ?

BRIDGE BUILDING PROJECT (bbp)

THE BRIDGE....

MUST SPAN 30 CM AND BE NO LONGER THAN 40 cm

BE 5 CM ACROSS (WIDE)BE ABLE TO HAVE A WEIGHT HOOKED

OVER THE CENTERINCLUDE AT LEAST 1 TYPE OF BRIDGECANNOT HAVE PILLARSHeight cannot exceed 1/3 of length ANYTHING ELSE??

ROLES

ACCOUNTANT:

ARTIST:

BUILDER:

PROJECT MANAGER:

BE MORE DOG VIDEO

Accountant

ACCOUNTANT MUST FILL OUT THE FOLLOWING CHART (SEE WORKSHEET) ESTIMATED VALUES ACTUAL VALUES RETURNS

Budget is 110 000 (10 x $10 000, 10 x $1 000)TAXESKEEP TRACK OF $ (IF YOU LOSE IT, IT’S GONE FOR

GOOD!)FOR EVERY 10 000$, 1 BONUS POINT WILL BE GIVENWORK ON VIDEO/BLOG??

Artist

COMPLETES THE MAIN DESIGN ALTHOUGH EACH STUDENT ALSO MUST

COMPLETE A DRAWING ON THEIR WORKSHEET

THE DRAWING MUST BE HANDED IN, LABELLED, DETAILED, HAVE MEASUREMENTS AND INCLUDE GROUP IDEAS FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES

THE ARTIST WILL ALSO HELP/OVERSEE BUILDING and make sure it FOLLOWS THE DESIGN

Builder

BUILDS THE BRIDGE (ARTIST HELPS WITH THIS PART TOO).

OTHER TEAM MEMBERS ARE ALSO A PART OF THIS BY GETTING THE BUILDER MATERIALS, HOLDS THINGS, HELPS GLUE ETC.

Project Manager

OVERSEES ALL OTHER WORKERS SHOULD BE ORGANIZED AND ON TASK!!!TELL PEOPLE WHAT THEY SHOULD BE

DOING IF GROUP IS OFF TRACK, THE MANAGER GETS PPL

BACK ON TRACK (OTHERWISE FINES ARE GIVEN)

BLOGS/WORKS ON VIDEO! (ARTIST/ACCOUNTANT CAN HELP TOO)

OUTLINE FOR PROJECT

ASSIGN TASKSDESIGN AS A GROUP

BRAINSTORM IDEAS (SHOULD TAKE ~ 40 MINS) POSTER (NEEDS TO BE HANDED IN W/ REPORT: ARTIST)

THERE CAN BE MANY DRAFTS BUT 1 FINAL ARTIST POSTER ESTIMATED # OF MATERIALS:ACCOUNTANT MANAGER: START BLOG COME UP WITH GROUP NAME (MANAGER?)

BUILD THE BRIDGEHAND EVERYTHING IN...TEST THE BRIDGE

Cost of Materials

SCISSORS $10 000/20 MINSPAPER $15 000/ SHEETPOPSICLE STICKS $ 2 000/STICKADD’N TOOTHPICKS $ 1 000/PICKPIPECLEANERS $ 1 000/PIPECLEANERTAPE (CLEAR TAPE) $ 10 000/10 CMTAPE (MASKING TAPE) $20 000/ 5 CMSTRING $30 000/ 10 CM

RETURNS MUST BE MADE THE SAME CLASS AND CANNOT BE DAMAGED! PROOF OF PURCHASE REQUIRED (ACCOUNTANT SHEET)

TAXES MUST BE DONE ON FINAL CHART.

FINAL PROJECT

GO THROUGH EACH PART (report)SELF-ASSESSMENT AND PEER ASSESSMENT (report)

AT THE END: YOU WILL HAND IN 4 REPORTS 1 DETAILED DRAWING 1 ACCOUNTANT CHART BLOG AND/OR VIDEO FINAL BRIDGE MODEL!!!

VIDEO: HOW TO DEFEND YOURSELF BY CHOCHAGAK

Blog/video

Every manager must blog about their groups daily activities

Managers can also create a video of their bridge being built every day (this can be done as creatively as desired; will be submitted to me online)

Videos cannot have faces of students in them!! Must only be talking/daily construction of bridge