https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN designs that almost worked or didn't work or... worked en-us 2019-08-29 12:00:53 UTC 2025-11-17 17:30:42 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.pics/1/image.webp?t=g_auto&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpadlet.net%2Ficons%2Fpng%2F1f425.png niniharper44_1 https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/378233352 We were challenged to design a catapult that would launch a ping pong ball to a shoe box five feet away. It had to hit 8/10 times and could not be covered in tape.]]> 2019-08-29 12:04:38 UTC https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/378233352 niniharper44_1 https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/378234592 We tested our prototype by launching it. Our final result in the competition ended up being 0/10, but at one point we did make 7 successful launches during the time when we could still make improvements. I think the improvements might've made it worse..... 

]]> 2019-08-29 12:08:27 UTC https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/378234592 niniharper44_1 https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/378235892 Being that it missed every launch, it didn't work. We had to get 8/10 shots, and we had none. I think we could've put a LOT less tape on it, and used a rubber band in the middle, to make it launch a little better. I also think we should've put a binder clip near the bottle cap so that we could actually launch it from the ground, not from midair. (The ball didn't exactly weigh much...)]]> 2019-08-29 12:12:39 UTC https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/378235892 niniharper44_1 https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/380840986 We were challenged to design a structure that would hold an egg and keep it from falling while it fell. 

The Requirements: 
- The egg could not have cracks in it.
-We could only choose 8 of 13 items on a list to build our prototype with.]]> 2019-09-06 12:18:41 UTC https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/380840986 niniharper44_1 https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/380842210 2019-09-06 12:21:54 UTC https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/380842210 niniharper44_1 https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/380842602 We tested the prototype by going up the football stadium stairs and dropping it from the top. The egg didn't survive, because there was a small crack at the top. (At least there wasn't yolk coming out of it! :) ) ]]> 2019-09-06 12:23:11 UTC https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/380842602 niniharper44_1 https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/380843168 Nope! It didn't work, but we do know what we could have done to make it better! Here are some things: 

-Make a bigger (wider) parachute
-Put more newspaper insulation
-Added a couple cotton balls


]]> 2019-09-06 12:24:49 UTC https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/380843168 niniharper44_1 https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/380843945 Here is a video of our test.



]]> 2019-09-06 12:27:06 UTC https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/380843945 niniharper44_1 https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/384590126 This time, we were given the challenge of constructing a bridge made out of pasta that would be able to hold 5 pounds (or more!). 

THE STORY:
You are trapped on an island and are in search of food. On your trek inland, you come across a river filled with many hungry crocodiles. You must construct a bridge out of various sticks and logs (represented by the uncooked pasta) in order to reach the other side safely.

THE REQUIREMENTS, CHALLENGES, and CONSTRAINTS (:O)

You must construct this bridge out of: 
1-inch bundle of spaghetti
1 cup rigatoni
2 lasagna noodles
hot glue (no more than 2 sticks/day)
1 meter of masking tape (per day)

Constraints and Challenge
We need to construct a bridge made out of different pieces of uncooked pasta that could span a distance of 10 inches from end to end. It needed to support five pounds. It needed to have both vertical and horizontal supports. It could NOT be attached to the testing table.]]> 2019-09-16 11:55:12 UTC https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/384590126 niniharper44_1 https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/384595033 Doesn't it just look like the Titanic?]]> 2019-09-16 12:04:54 UTC https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/384595033 niniharper44_1 https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/384598829 2019-09-16 12:12:52 UTC https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/384598829 niniharper44_1 https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/384599273 We tested it by "tying" bungee cords onto the midsection of the lasagna on the bridge. We also "shuffled" a little Lego character across it to make sure someone could walk across it. 

DID IT WORK? 
Of course not! But we do know what we could've done. Since it supported 3 pounds, 14 oz, ]]> 2019-09-16 12:13:52 UTC https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/384599273 niniharper44_1 https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/394386413 The challenge was to construct a project using Makey Makey and Scratch. ]]> 2019-10-07 12:24:36 UTC https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/394386413 niniharper44_1 https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/394388074 We made a Scratch/Makey Makey collab named "Save Chicky!" It is based on saving a baby chicken, Cat's friend, from a poor man who wears Gucci.
Below is a photo of the Control Panel.

]]> 2019-10-07 12:27:24 UTC https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/394388074 niniharper44_1 https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/394949061 What was the device?
It was a control panel with the buttons "Up, Down, Left, Right, Space, and Click". Makey-Makey alligator clips were attached to these 'buttons', and when pressed, they would move a sprite to wherever. (It worked... HOWEVER, you had to be holding a black alligator clip that was touching 'EARTH'.)

Did it work?

As stated above, yes. We did have a black alligator clip which you had to hold on to for it to work, though. Otherwise the game only glitched sometimes and put a sprite in the wrong position. (The Gucci Guy was laying down instead of standing.)]]> 2019-10-08 11:52:28 UTC https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/394949061 niniharper44_1 https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/394950696 First scene: 
Cat says hello and something along the lines of "tHiS iS tHe MaJicAl fOrEst!" He then explains how to operate the game.

Second scene:

Cat sees his best friend Chicky trapped in a cage when he enters the jungle. A guy wearing Gucci pants has trapped him. (The guy says, "I spent too much money on these Gucci pants.")
Cat then says-without being seen- "We must save Chicky! Follow me!" 

Third Scene

Cat tells you to move to the right edge and press the up arrow to enter the castle. You enter the castle, and pick up the key using the up arrow. Cat takes you back to the jungle. Do not move.

Fourth and Final Scene

Cat tells you to run over the Gucci Guy to save Chicky. Cat: "Remember, the left arrow to move left!"
After you crash into the Gucci Guy and he falls, Chicky is freed. Cat and Chicky say thank you while them music plays for another minute.]]> 2019-10-08 11:56:08 UTC https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/394950696 niniharper44_1 https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/394953479 I think it was because we put time into making it.]]> 2019-10-08 12:01:36 UTC https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/394953479 niniharper44_1 https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/394953816 LOOK UP OUR SCRATCH PROJECT
scratch.mit.edu]]> 2019-10-08 12:02:22 UTC https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/394953816 niniharper44_1 https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/400796831 Our challenge was to build a working pinball machine that meets the requirements.]]> 2019-10-22 12:09:51 UTC https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/400796831 niniharper44_1 https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/400797263 - marble drop
- 2 movable flaps
- 4 obstacles
-marble deposit
- legs (slant)
- design/theme (ours was a forest)

]]> 2019-10-22 12:10:48 UTC https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/400797263 niniharper44_1 https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/400797822 2019-10-22 12:12:02 UTC https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/400797822 niniharper44_1 https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/400798015 Our theme was a "Forest". It starts at the ramp coming down from the 'cabin'. Then, you move the flippers so you can (try to) keep the marble in the game. After you lose it goes to the marble drop, where you pick up the marble.]]> 2019-10-22 12:12:25 UTC https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/400798015 niniharper44_1 https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/400799266 What I most liked about the design was the obstacles, not only because I made some of it myself, but because we had a working ramp, along with the fact that the obstacles did stop the marble and let it roll off (sometimes).]]> 2019-10-22 12:15:16 UTC https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/400799266 niniharper44_1 https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/400800257 We could improve a lot of things. 

1. We could've added a space where the marble would land in after it dropped.
2. We could've made the flippers a tad bit more functional.
3. We could've added a marble run (I do have it, but we ended up not using it).
4. We could've made the box a bit more decorative.......

These things could need improvement to help the overall appearance along with the performance of our pinball machine.]]> 2019-10-22 12:17:22 UTC https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/400800257 niniharper44_1 https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/406195741 What was the challenge?
The challenge was to build a candy dispenser with a mechanism that releases a specific amount of candy (a gear, lever, button etc). It should NOT come out like an avalanche.]]> 2019-11-04 13:09:42 UTC https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/406195741 niniharper44_1 https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/406196507 2019-11-04 13:11:29 UTC https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/406196507 niniharper44_1 https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/406197052 We used specific measurements, cardboard, wooden sticks, wax wrap, construction paper, and some colored pencils.

We built it from the ground and up with cardboard pieces that had been measured carefully. We hot-glued all those pieces together. (The sticks and the wrap made up the midsection, where you could see the candy/marbles. We did not have candy so we used 2 marbles.)
After, we got construction paper, cut it out to fit the machine, and colored it.]]> 2019-11-04 13:12:36 UTC https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/406197052 niniharper44_1 https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/406198132 Yes, in fact, it did work! I think our design worked because we followed all the measurements and did it really carefully.]]> 2019-11-04 13:15:12 UTC https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/406198132 niniharper44_1 https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/410524996 Our theme was originally a valley but it turned into a lot of random themes in one. Our main character was a vans chicken (meaning it had a chess pattern). The bad guy was a bat. ]]> 2019-11-13 13:04:03 UTC https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/410524996 niniharper44_1 https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/410527220 2019-11-13 13:09:28 UTC https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/410527220 niniharper44_1 https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/410529780 I think it turned out pretty good. We made it look really easy with lots of coins, but we put traps along the way that you can't see until you lose a life. I think we could've changed it by adding MORE levels.]]> 2019-11-13 13:14:50 UTC https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/410529780 niniharper44_1 https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/416121324 The story starts out with two friends dancing as they reappear in random places. Then one of them gets lost and the other tries to find them. They both reappear in random places trying to find the other. One goes into space just as the other comes into where they were. They find each other in the end. 25 years later, they are playing  on the stove (because they are weird) and die. Then the credits roll.

We chose it because we thought it would be a good plot.]]> 2019-11-25 13:10:17 UTC https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/416121324 niniharper44_1 https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/416123762 2019-11-25 13:16:00 UTC https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/416123762 niniharper44_1 https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/416125992 I think it turned out great! However, we could make the movements less clunky and a little more smooth.]]> 2019-11-25 13:21:03 UTC https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/416125992 niniharper44_1 https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/423214656 We had the following steps:
1. We used a cardboard stick thingy to push the marble.
2. The marble rolled down the ramp.
3. The marble hit the dominoes.
4. The fallen dominoes hit the car, which started to roll.
5. The car hit a line of Jenga blocks.
6. The Jenga blocks hit a tennis ball, which started to roll.
7. The ball hit the popsicle stick stack.
8. The popsicle sticks fell into the box.]]> 2019-12-12 12:52:34 UTC https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/423214656 niniharper44_1 https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/423216515 At one point, it all worked perfectly. Most of the time, it worked for about 4-6 steps.

]]> 2019-12-12 12:57:41 UTC https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/423216515 niniharper44_1 https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/423216817 I actually  don't think any of them were challenging. Our whole Rube Goldberg was really simple.]]> 2019-12-12 12:58:33 UTC https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/423216817 niniharper44_1 https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/423217125 I don't think I'd change anything, because I like keeping things simple.]]> 2019-12-12 12:59:15 UTC https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/423217125 niniharper44_1 https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/423217642 2019-12-12 13:00:11 UTC https://padlet.com/masonohioschools/ENGINEERING_and_dEsIgN/wish/423217642