Hello! Welcome to another blog post written by yours truly. In this post I will be talking about The Ultimate Design Challenge!

In this project we used the app Tinkercad

Before this project I have never used or even heard of Tinkercad. Now after the project (even though I am still quite confused with most parts of the app and don’t know how to do a lot) I have learned how to create something and measure items.

For this project we had to create something in Tinkercad then measure the entire thing to find the overall volume and surface area. After we make all the calculations, then we make it into a slide show and present what we made and what calculations we did to find the final answers. I had a hard time understanding what we had to do and it took my a long time to start the project. Eventually after I played around with the app I started to understand how to use it. Once I asked some friends then I understood what I had to do. With this new found knowledge on how and what I had to do the project I finally started it! At first I was going to make a ipad but quickly realized that was to simple of a item but also sort of difficult to create. So I decided to make a dinner table instead. We had to use at least ten shapes for our creation and I again changed my game plan. I was going to make a more fancy looking table with interesting sidings and feet. But half way through I realized it would be easier to just put things on and under the table instead of adding more to the actual shape of the table. I created a large red rug/carpet under the table and two plates with a cup (and a coaster underneath the cup) on top of the table. Even though it was quite tricky getting the shapes together I managed to get the table complete in a few days. You’re probably wondering what it looks like now, so I will show you:

Finally after I finished making the table it was time to measure it. I was completely dreading this part and had no idea how I would do it. But when it came time I finally actually tried. I did all the calculations in LAC (learning assistant class) with the help of a few different teachers. At first when they were helping me and explaining the formulas I had no idea what they were talking about and I could not grasp what they were trying to teach me. But eventually after lots and lots of white board math… lots and lots…

I started to understand the math I was doing. I started to try some on my own and I eventually knew what to do. I started to know what step came next and I knew how to explain what I was doing. But even though I started to understand I was still behind because I was sick for a few days. I had to catch up on the math and then present it in front of the entire class. I quickly rushed to make a slid show on Keynote and add the final touches to my calculations.

Minutes after I finished the project I was up and presenting it to the entire class.

The presentation went alright and I am very glad it is over. Half way through presenting I panicked and forgot how to explain my calculations and I didn’t have any time to practice what I was going to present. I ended up speeding through each slide and not completely explaining everything but It could of gone worse. Next time I am going to start the project and just go for it even if I don’t understand it.

I will now talk about the core competencies!

Applying and Innovating:

I think I could of started the project earlier but I think I still did pretty good even though I was sick for a week. I got a lot of help in LAC and managed to get it done when I had to present. I learned a lot through this project and I understand math a lot more now. I also learned how to use a new app Tinkercad!

Reasoning and Analyzing: 

In my project I made it with over ten shapes like we were supposed to and I tried my best to make it accurately measured. I asked for a lot of help and with out it I probably would not of managed to even start this project. But I think in the end it worked out well.

Communicating and Representing: 

I did all the calculations correctly and maybe I even did more then I had to but I had a little bit of a hard time showing it. Making the slides was hard because I didn’t know exactly what I should of added to it and presenting it to the class was scary. But I did end up with some kind of presentation and hopefully people liked it.

In conclusion to this post I think I did pretty well but I could of done a few things better. To be honest I did not understand the driving question till the end of the project so I did not follow it well but I still came up generally with what we were supposed to do. Also in my measurements and calculations I used the measurements mm (millimetre) so that means my dinner table is very small. It is now a table for a doll house. So yes my project was pretty chaotic but I think it went alright.

Thank you for reading, see you next time!