Note: I wasn’t present at school for most of the project.
If I were to create this design myself next time, I would create one similar to our engineer’s design. I would make the supports a lot thicker. This is to make it able to withstand the weight of the sugar. I would also make the supports a lot tighter. This keeps the bridge a lot straighter and to make it curve less in the middle. I would also like to make the ends a bit heavier and longer. This is to reduce the chance of it slipping off the edge of the table. We didn’t use all the materials provided to us. This was because our engineer team specified the amount of spaghetti that would be used for each part of the bridge. We didn’t want to against what the engineers wanted. This led to us not making it thicker by using more spaghetti. This left us with leftover spaghetti. The item that I believe is the most important is the truss. I think this because if we were able to fully complete it it may have worked the way it was intended. I think so because with the supports the bridge may have stayed straight. With it being straight, the ball would be able to roll across. It would also increase the overall sturdiness of the bridge. This would probably not be enough to make the sugar stay on though. I felt that working as a team was very beneficial. With a team, you’re able to work faster. You can also maximize efficiency which lowers the time that is needed to complete the project. When working in a team you can also assign roles. This allows for a faster, more organised work process. Working in groups also helps with problem solving as having multiple ideas on how to do something can prove to be very beneficial. The more ideas you have, the more likely you’ll get the perfect solution. There are some downfalls to working with a group. One of the biggest downfalls is trying to come to a consensus when trying to figure things out. While having a lot of ideas is a good thing, trying to find one that everyone likes is hard to do. Another problem we have in a group is getting distracted. Sometimes you get distracted when talking about things. You can also get distracted with arguing when trying to get the right idea. Something I learned from the other teams was trusses were supports on the side. I learned that trusses are a huge part of bridges and they help keep the strength of it. Another thing I learned was right triangles are very strong. The bridges that worked perfectly were right triangles. This led me to believe that right triangles are very good when working with bridges.
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