Paper Supports |
Materials Required:
4 pieces of paper
2 feet of masking tape
Goal:
To practice the design process, including planning, predicting performance, and teamwork to achieve the same goal.
Description:
You will be building a paper support system using only the materials you are given. The goal is to support as many books as high as possible off of the floor with the following constraints:
Your performance will be measured using the following tool:
Performance Score = 20B + 80(H - 2) - (T - 240)
4 pieces of paper
2 feet of masking tape
Goal:
To practice the design process, including planning, predicting performance, and teamwork to achieve the same goal.
Description:
You will be building a paper support system using only the materials you are given. The goal is to support as many books as high as possible off of the floor with the following constraints:
- Before you are allowed to begin construction, you must plan what you are going to do and estimate your performance.
- You must have a minimum height of 2 inches and a maximum height of 8 inches
- You must be able to support a minimum of 10 books
- You may not cut or tear the paper
- Your system must be a single connected unit
- Placing a piece of paper under or on top of your components does not constitute a single unit
- Nor does using a piece of tape to “connect” components
Your performance will be measured using the following tool:
Performance Score = 20B + 80(H - 2) - (T - 240)
- B is the number of books successfully suspended off of the floor
- H is the number of inches the books are suspended off of the floor
- T is the number of seconds it takes to construct your support system