This project was about finding a problem in the world, ex: world hunger, and trying to find a solution using the engineering design cycle. My group's problem was the education system, but since this area is so broad we decided to narrow our problem down to a single thing. We landed on school starting too early and the affect it has on the students. At the start of the project we were given time to gather information about the problem and find three creditable sources for the info. We then used the info and created a solution to the problem we chose. After deciding on a solution we compiled all our work into a slide show. Our final solution was that high school start times should be switched with elementary school start times.
Engineering Design Cycle
1) Identify Need: High schools start to early
2) Research the Problem: My group found 12 credible sources on the subject such as studies done from the AAP and CDC on causes of sleep loss from early start times
3) Develop Possible Solutions: Move high school start times later to prevent sleep deficits
4) Select the Most Promising Solution: Switch elementary start times with high school start times
5) Construct a Prototype: We created a mock schedule for a high chool starting at 8:30
6) Test and Evaluate Prototype: Testing still in progress
7) Communicate the Design: We presented a slide show of our work to a class at San Marin High School
8) Redesign: We changed our mock schedule multiple times to fit all the requirements such as yearly minutes per student, sports practice times, bus schedules, etc
9) Repeat: We plan on taking our slide show to the Board of Education
1) Identify Need: High schools start to early
2) Research the Problem: My group found 12 credible sources on the subject such as studies done from the AAP and CDC on causes of sleep loss from early start times
3) Develop Possible Solutions: Move high school start times later to prevent sleep deficits
4) Select the Most Promising Solution: Switch elementary start times with high school start times
5) Construct a Prototype: We created a mock schedule for a high chool starting at 8:30
6) Test and Evaluate Prototype: Testing still in progress
7) Communicate the Design: We presented a slide show of our work to a class at San Marin High School
8) Redesign: We changed our mock schedule multiple times to fit all the requirements such as yearly minutes per student, sports practice times, bus schedules, etc
9) Repeat: We plan on taking our slide show to the Board of Education
Reflection
After participating in this project I have realized many things. First was that finding good sources is extremely difficult. If we were to do this project again I would have liked to have more time on gathering information for our solution. I feel my group did well on collaborating since we all shared the info we found. One thing we struggled in was time management. We barley finished on time and had to work extra outside of time allotted to us by the teacher.
After participating in this project I have realized many things. First was that finding good sources is extremely difficult. If we were to do this project again I would have liked to have more time on gathering information for our solution. I feel my group did well on collaborating since we all shared the info we found. One thing we struggled in was time management. We barley finished on time and had to work extra outside of time allotted to us by the teacher.