Projectile Bullseye

BRIDGE

Purpose: Build the longest bridge possible

Restrictions: Only 5cm of duct tape to hold the bridge in place. Bridge joints can only have a maximum of 3 skewers. The length of the bridge is measured from the edge of the table outwards.

Materials:

- 5m masking tape

- a bag of wood skewers

- 5cm of duct tape

Ideas behind the Structure: The bridge originally started out as two support beams connected by cross sections. The support beams were made by connecting three skewers together, with the middle skewer staggered upward so two more skewers could be connected without having more than three touching at a time. We thought this would make them stronger than if the support beams were just single skwers. Half skewers were connected in between them and everything was connected with masking tape. For the base, it was initally taped down to the desk but then we added 2 skewers from under the desk at an angle to the bridge as well to keep the bridge elevated off the ground longer.

Some problems that occured was when we were securing the base of the bridge to the desk, we started using masking tape and there was a disagreement about if that was allowed. It was resolved by asking other groups for confirmation that only duct tape could be used. Next time, we could plan out the design better because it was an "on the spot" decision and doing research would make us better prepared than only using prior knowledge.

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Vineet

My roles in the group, along with Pavreet and Dilsha, was to brainstorm ideas and contribute to the overall building the bridge. My role was to come up with the initial design and structure for the bridge as well as continue to maintain the structural rigidity of the bridge as best as possible. Quick, on the spot thinking, to solve problems encountered and keen eyes from my team members made it possible to complete the challenge with a fairly respectable score.

Completion of Individual and Group tasks - 3

Active Listening - 4

Communicated Ideas Effectively - 3

Motivated and Encouraged - 3

Positive - 4 -

Dependable - 4

Patient - 3

My assessment - everyone contributed evenly (33.3%)

Dilsha

My role in the group was to help plan the setup of the bridge by roughly sketching out how the bridge should look like. I always contributed into helping with building the bridge using the materials given. I was positive throughout the process and encouraged my group members into keep working. the project was good experience in terms of building up team working skills, I enjoyed it.

I completed task – 3

Active listener – 4

Communicated ideas – 3

Encouraged – 3

Positively – 4

Dependable 3

Patient 3

My assessment :

Equal : 33.3%

Pavreet

My roles in the group included helping to brainstorm ideas and contributing to the overall design as well as also physically helping to build the bridge. I helped to enforce the restrictions placed on the bridge design by reminding my peers what was allowed and what was not and if I saw something that would get us disqualified, I would confirm with others and fix the mistake. When giving my ideas, I tried to combine the ideas of my team members as well.