Before we begin, let me explain the title. It’s a pun, you see (Credit to me)
Is your name Eugene? Because Eugene-ius.
Just let that sink in, say it out loud, and then laugh and show your friends.
Anyways, why am I Eugene?
Besides being a slytherin, its back to the genius pun.
For blue sky this year, I made…. a folder backpack. Yes, I have made a backpack with a folder inside for organization.
During this blue sky journal, we had to write a journal along to way. So instead of rewriting everything, I’ll let that explain everything:
Phase 1:
Students have an issue being organized. Sure, there are the special few who know how to do it, but for the most part it’s hard. So I decided to make a backpack that helps student organize their papers so they don’t crumble and die at the bottom of the abyss that is a school backpack. One file space for each subject, plus an extra for maybe a spare notebook or those little doodles you what to keep.
I was really drawn to this because I know around grade 5 is when my backpack started becoming a horror show. Ripped papers, assignments lost, notes covered in last week’s yoghurt that spilled everywhere and now smells bad. So this backpack would have really helped me back then so I didn’t get into bad habits. It saved the bother of a binder, which could be forgotten at home, and is such a pain to flip to the right page. It’s a portable file, and I think it will really work out.
Phase 2:
The next challenge is actually going through with the idea of making a backpack folder (not the official name). First step is questions. And a lot of them. More specifically, a lot of ‘How Might We’ (HMW) questions. For mine, there was quite a few. How might we help tweens be more organized with their schoolwork? How might we make sure teachers don’t receive crumpled papers? How might we get good organization habits for students for the future? How might we make sure homework doesn’t get lost or ruined?
So, as you can see, these questions break down the project into seeing what it’s really for, and what it accomplishes. So, here’s a more detailed layout of my project: Making a backpack that helps organizes papers for tweens so they don’t crumple up papers and get into bad organizational habits for when they’re older. Next: let’s tackle the problem.
Phase 3:
Next is research. I’m having to research not a lot, besides teen organization habits. Luckily, my girl guide group is full of tweens, so I had no issue discovering tweens do actually just shove a lot of things in their backpack. I also researched how to deconstruct a backpack, hoping I can use that to insert the folder easier.
I then went on to make my first prototype. It’s just a blueprint, but it’s going pretty well. It lays out the basic ideas of what I want it to look like, and I hope the final product looks as well!
Phase 5: My first prototype is a blueprint of the backpack. Along with labels and a detailed drawing, it highlights the sections of the folder. It’s just a basic idea of how I want it to look, but I hope everything goes according to plan
Phase 6: I made a second prototype. It’s really small, using a doll’s backpack. I’ve glue gunned a folder into there, hoping it will stick. I think I’m going to need to revise, as the folder is in the wrong way. It opens like a book, which doesn’t really work for putting papers in easiest. I’m thinking of flipping the folder, but the glue gun is working so far
Phase 7: And it’s all done. After revision and making a short video, it’s done. The full sized backpack works really well, it can hold around ten different sections of a folder. I’m really proud of how it turned out. I made a video explaining the creation of the final product, which is on YouTube to see.
The final product wound up looking like this:
Yes, those are gummies. The only proper thing to bring in your backpack.
So that’s all for this post. I hope you enjoyed
Read ya later
Ruby