6th Grade Technology Education

Sixth Grade

The main focus of this class is to introduce students to the field of Construction Technology
and to extend their keyboarding skills.

Ergonomics of Keyboarding

	GOOD Maintain a correct upright posture.	BAD Slouching, extending your elbows, or bending your wrists.
	GOOD Maintain a neutral position with your hands.	BAD Twisting your hands inward or outward.
	GOOD Maintain a neutral wrist position with gently curled fingers.	BAD Bending your wrists or using an upward sloping keyboard.

THE SPAGHETTI CHALLENGE

Identify the Opportunity

The NMS Rescue Group has been called into action to save a group of construction workers trapped half way up a building.
The only safe way we can reach them is to attach a structure to the building next door and reach out to get them.
Of course the more of the space we can cross with the structure the less we will have to reach across to save the people.

Design Brief

You must come up with three drawings of possible ideas that you could use.
You must illustrate your final idea before requesting materials
All material requests must be made using the appropriate methods
Your structure may only be attached and supported by a table.
You may only use the materials provided by the project manager.
Structures may be made from: 20 pieces of spaghetti & 16 inches of masking tape.
(spaghetti may be requested in groups of five, tape in sections of four inches)

Generate possible solutions

you are required to record three possible solutions to this problem, before moving on.
Any addtional unique ideas will be counted as extra credit.

Choose a possible solution

Based on what you know, draw what you feel will be the best solution for this problem.
Also record a distance that you speculate/hypothesis that you will be able to reach.

Develop your solution

Create your structure.

Test your solution

Make sure to get your project tested (measured) to see if it breaks the school record.
the current school record is here.

The top three designs, determined by distance traveled from the table edge, will receive extra credit

Evaluate your solution

Complete the lab report and turn it in to finish this challenge.

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