Hey everyone! We just finished a Scimatics project called Ultimate Design Challenge, where we had to design something in Tinkercad to maximize either surface area or volume. In this project, I worked with Andrew. We designed a rocket ship, and I designed the inside (he designed the outside), and I wanted to maximize volume.
The reason I wanted to maximize the volume of my rocket ship, is because I saw some photos of the inside of a rocket ship, and I realized that it was really cramped inside. I thought that if there was more space, it would create a more comfy ride to wherever you are going.
We then presented our creation to the class:
Here are the formulas that you saw in the presentation:
Here is a close up of both mine and Andrew’s ship:
Andrews:
Mine:
Curricular Competency’s:
Applying and Innovating: Contribute to care for self, others, community, and world through personal or collaborative approaches. To put this into my own words, I think this means that we had to have a design that benefited the environment, and we had to work together well. I think that I did well in this project. Andrew and I worked together in school and out of school to make an informative presentation.
Reasoning and Analyzing: Model mathematics in contextualized experiences. For this, I think that we had to show that we were proficient in math, and do all of the basic requirements that he gave us. The requirements are as follows; A 3D object is designed using Tinkercad. The design optimized for either maximum volume or maximum surface area. The design should include at least 10 basic 3D shapes.
Communicating and Representing: Explain and justify mathematical ideas and decisions. I think for this we need to explain all of our math, or show all of our work, as you can see in the formulas above.
Thank you so much for reading and I will see you next time!