You will be grade on the grade you give, not the marks your paper receives! Mark carefully my friends.
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CORE TOPICS
4 -- Raw Materials to final product
ESSENTIAL IDEA
Materials are selected for manufacturing products based primarily on their properties.
CLASS ACTIVITIES
Today is textile days!
Using the IB DT Guide, find the following information:
Create an identification for the following types of fibers used in textile production
Cotton
Wool
Silk
Nylon
polyester
Lycra/spandex
What is the best/most appropriate use of each material? Remember, designers use materials WITH A PURPOSE, your job is to figure out why they might use each one of these!
Today, in his benevolence, Codega will give you time to start reading your Topic 7 assignment that is due on Friday. Use this time, don't use this time, it's up to you! Remember, there will be a lengthy test on Topic 1 and 7 Friday!!!!
Tomorrow we will cover the content, mostly in note form with a bunch of details!
11
CORE TOPICS
4 -- Raw Materials to final product
ESSENTIAL IDEA
Materials are selected for manufacturing products based primarily on their properties.
CLASS ACTIVITIES
Today we talk about PLASTIC!
Settle in and get ready to take some NOTES!
Homework
Find an interesting/novel use of plastic in design. In other words fund some design that uses plastic in unexpected or surprising ways! We'll share tomorrow!
3/15/2016
12
CORE TOPICS
1 - Human Factors of Design
ESSENTIAL IDEA
CLASS ACTIVITIES
Talk about the forms you need to fill out for the IA!
Pick a few measurements and see what percentile you are. The only catch is the measurements are metric so you might need to convert...
Homework -- remember, Topic 1 is due Wed and Topic 7 is due Friday. There WILL be a test Friday and it will take a while!
11
CORE TOPICS
4 -- Raw Materials to final product
ESSENTIAL IDEA
Materials are selected for manufacturing products based primarily on their properties.
CLASS ACTIVITIES
Talk about the timber activity from last class
What might each type of timber be used for? Provide a brief justification based on the properties of the lumber we examined (some of these have more that one right answer and this goes IN YOUR NOTEBOOK!).
Start talking about the IA (yup, we are going to get an early start on this!)
HOMEWORK:
Nothing really today but you might want to start thinking about a design problem...
3/11/2016
12
12
CORE TOPICS
10 - Commercial Production
10.2 - Lean Production
10.3 - Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM)
10.4 - Quality Management
10.5 - Economic Viability
ESSENTIAL IDEA
Lean production aims to eliminate waste and maximize the value of a product based on the perspective of the consumer.
CIM uses computers to automatically monitor and control the entire production of a product.
QM focuses on producing products of consistent quality.
Designers must consider the economic viability of their designs for them to gain a place in the market.
CLASS ACTIVITIES
Reading notes check (Topic 10)
Take a few minutes to get your 30 sec presentation together -- these will be graded according to clarity and correctness.
Codega has made you copies of another source of information. Using these pages, please read them and then answer the following questions in your notebook:
Create a chart in your notebook that identifies how the each term contributes to quality management and then describes (with an example) of how they are different from one another:
Quality Control (QC)
Statistical Process Control (SPC)
Quality Assurance (QA)
Define cost effectiveness
Describe the concept of value for money as it relates to commercial manufacturing (short paragraph).
Compare fixed costs and variable costs as they relate to commercial production (don't forget to contrast them as well!).
Describe the concept of cost analysis.
Describe how a product can break-even point.
Define the following pricing strategy terms:
Price-minus strategy
retail price
wholesale price
typical manufacturing price
target costs
unit cost
sales volume
Financial return
THE UNIT 9 and 10 Test!!!!!!!!
it's going to be SUPER hard so you better be ready!!
Just in time and Just in Case are opposing production strategies utilized by the manufacturer.
Lean production aims to eliminate waste and maximize the value of a product based on the perspective of the consumer.
CLASS ACTIVITIES
Reading notes check (Chapter 9)
Test hand back and debrief
Realign the review calendar for the year (its already changed!).
Notes on Topic 10
HOMEWORK:
Read and take notes/interact with the Topic 10 section of the online textbook!
11
CORE TOPICS
4 -- Raw Materials to final product
ESSENTIAL IDEA
Materials are selected for manufacturing products based primarily on their properties.
CLASS ACTIVITIES
You will have the first 10 minutes of class to finish up your poster and make sure you can talk about it like a real live human being (that means PLEASE DON'T JUST READ IT!!!!!!!!!!)
Presentations! You will receive a daily grade for this!
Let's check out what some of these Smart Materials are like in real life!
Done properly and with care this should take the ENTIRE PERIOD! These are going up on the wall and you will present them NEXT CLASS so please produce something that is reflective of your abilities.
12
CORE TOPICS
5 -- Innovation and Design
ESSENTIAL IDEA
The protection of a noel idea of how to solve a problem is a major factor in commercial design
CLASS ACTIVITIES
Reading notes check!
Have a final look at some Topic 5.7 stuff...
Start on Topic 9 -- Innovations and Markets
In groups Codega will assign you a part of Topic 9 (we talked about this stuff but not formally). Your job is the following:
Provide definitions for all of the vocab terms in the guide (as they relate to DESIGN) -- The online textbook might be useful for this...just saying!
If it asks for advantages/disadvantages of something then make sure to know what they are!
Same with examples -- they MUST be different from the ones in the online textbook!
At least one news item related to the main idea.
Create a video that relates to your topic -- something that covers most of your content would be ideal -- YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT!
Figure out a short and to the point way to get across main idea -- this needs to be sent as a word document and will be posted on this site.
Codega has graded nine of them so far and has looked over ALL of them.
For those of you who have a project that has been graded you'll receive some bonus points on your prototype. For those of you who do not have graded projects we need to go over a few things:
Uhhhhhh...one of the consequences of waiting to the last second to do things is that you often forget some of the smaller (yet vitally important) details that are easy to miss. All of you who are receiving your IA back today did not provide citations for a least some of Part A and possibly other parts. Remember, ANY image, statistic, or other persons thought need to be cited and included in a works cited page. For many of you this could be a failing condition so please make the requested changes.
For images, IB recommends using the Figure convention (Figure 1, 2,3, etc) then including them in a citation page.
You probably don't need to reprint the entire thing -- only reprint the pages where you add citations.
Don't forget the works cited page!
If you get it back to me tomorrow (THURSDAY) you will receive some bonus points on the prototype grade (there are no bonus points on IAs so don't even ask).
Review Time
5.5 - THE PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE!!
What are the stages?
What are some products in these stages (remember, the first few Google hits for this are really old so try and use your BRAINS!!!!)?
How does it get extended? What are the advantages and disadvantages of those strategies?
Obsolescence is a key ingredient to the PLC. Give an example of a product in each category:
Planned Obsolescence
Style/Fashion Obsolescence
Functional Obsolescence
Technological Obsolescence
5.6 Rodgers Characteristics of Innovation and Consumers
There will be topics (or sub topics assigned DAILY so make sure you keep up with the work -- there will be a test EVERY Friday from now until the test.
Start our discussion of Classic Design (we'll only spend today on this because it isn't a super complex topic and I think we did a nice job covering it last year).
Song -- think of a song that YOU think is classic (i.e. it is timeless -- could really be from almost any time, still sounds fresh and not specifically held to a particular time period or musical fad. I will be calling on people to come up and share their song via YouTube.
Design Evaluation
Find an industrial design object that you consider CLASSIC and answer the following questions:
What is timeless about this design. BE SPECIFIC!
How has the product defied obsolescence?
Is this a dominate design? Why or why not
Is the product's functionality its most important quality or is it the form? Explain your answer.
HOMEWORK
Go to the online textbook page and read the documents associated with Classic Design (Topic 6). I expect READING NOTES to be taken in one of two ways:
Print the document and interact with the text
AP World style notes -- you write down big ideas, important concepts, etc.
These will be check for a grade on MONDAY!
2/24
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The time is upon us -- two days until this thing is due...
Take the time TONIGHT to look over your printer, make sure it has ink, make sure it works, and if not, find another place to print it.
Unless it is vital to your project (like Sam's color coded prototypes) it does NOT need to be in color.
YOU OWE CODEGA THE FOLLOWING ON FRIDAY:
A hard copy of the IA
An electronic copy of the IA (john.codega@richlandone.org)
Your prototype
11
CORE TOPICS
2 -- Resource management and sustainable production
2.5 -- Green Design
ESSENTIAL IDEA
Green design integrates environmental considerations into the design of a product without compromising its integrity.
CLASS ACTIVITIES
Quick discussion of tomorrows Cat 4 Project Day!
Go over the current event homework from the other day
Based on this answer the following questions in your notebook (LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS) -- this is an individual assignment:
Based on what you see what do you think the goal of a life cycle analysis is?
Identify the main aspects of a LCA (again, based on what you see here)
2/22
12
The IA is due on FRIDAY so your project AND your paper better be done.
Try to bring in your projects so you can get some last minute testing in -- perhaps have a questionnaire ready to go.
HOMEWORK
Check that your printer is up and working -- this is a very big deal. I will not allow you to print in 408 (there are too many of you and this is WAY too long of an IA).
Take the time TONIGHT to look over your printer, make sure it has ink, make sure it works, and if not, find another place to print it.
Unless it is vital to your project (like Sam's color coded prototypes) it does NOT need to be in color.
11
CORE TOPICS
2 -- Resource management and sustainable production
2.5 -- Green Design
ESSENTIAL IDEA
Green design integrates environmental considerations into the design of a product without compromising its integrity.
CLASS ACTIVITIES
Debrief the boat race
Review some of the Green Design Stuff
Take more notes on Green Design
Apply some idea of Green Design to a real life problem
Find one example of a product that has been improved with green design in mind. Make sure you identify the features that make that product a green design.
Find another product that you think needs a green redesign. Create a quick napkin sketch of the new and improved product along with how your redesign fits the principles of green design.
Think about the product from start to finish.
2/18
11
11
CORE TOPICS
2 -- Resource management and sustainable production
2.3 -- Energy Utilization, Storage, and Distribution
2.4 -- Clean Technology
2.5 -- Green Design
ESSENTIAL IDEA
Resource management and sustainable production carefully consider three key issues—consumption of raw materials, consumption of energy, and production of waste—in relation to managing resources and reserves effectively and making production more sustainable.
Clean technologies seek to reduce waste/pollution from production processes through radical or incremental development of a production system.
Green design integrates environmental considerations into the design of a product without compromising its integrity.
RACE DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The first 45 minutes of class will be for refinements, course set up, and last minute testing.
Here are the design specifications in case you need reminding...
Function – boat must be able to travel 10 feet along a shallow body of water.
1.b -- Freestanding and the ability to remain upright throughout the entire race (10 ft.)
1.c – MUST BE WIND POWERED!
Standing width – between 3.5 – 4.25 inches wide
Standing height & length – no taller than 12 inches and no longer than 6 inches.
Standing depth – no deeper than two inches (below the water -- the course will be pretty shallow).
Materials – ability to float and water proof.
Ascetics – Must look like a boat!
Green Design – MUST be made from trash/items soon to be trash.
Then we will race using the bracket Codega and Ms. Stanford created.
Best 2/3 wins - switch lanes each race.
If your boat DOES NOT FINISH then you will receive a failing grade for this activity (major assessment).
HOMEWORK
Look for a green design news item -- how are designers in the real world implementing green design principles? Be ready to share on Monday.
MAKE SURE ITS A NEWS ITEM AND NOT A COMPANY WEBSITE/PRESS RELEASE!
www.slate.com
www.wired.com
www.theverge.com
www.bbc.co.uk
www.nytimes.com
www.newyorker.com
www.theatlantic.com
These links should help you find something -- try not to just google green design....
2/17
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Spend some time today reviewing the IA parts on this website. Make sure you are hitting all of the parts necessary to get full credit.
2 -- Resource management and sustainable production
2.3 -- Energy Utilization, Storage, and Distribution
2.4 -- Clean Technology
2.5 -- Green Design
ESSENTIAL IDEA
Resource management and sustainable production carefully consider three key issues—consumption of raw materials, consumption of energy, and production of waste—in relation to managing resources and reserves effectively and making production more sustainable.
Clean technologies seek to reduce waste/pollution from production processes through radical or incremental development of a production system.
Green design integrates environmental considerations into the design of a product without compromising its integrity.
Come back with one thing in Columbia (not road related) that could be improved by some guerilla public service.
Complete in your notebook.
2/15
12
Continue to conference with Codega about your IAs
If you are done with you IA please spend some time correcting the other parts that you have gotten feedback on
11
CORE TOPICS
2 -- Resource management and sustainable production
2.2 -- Waste Mitigation Strategies
2.3 -- Energy utilization, Storage, and Distribution
2.4 -- Clean Technology
ESSENTIAL IDEA
Resource management and sustainable production carefully consider three key issues—consumption of raw materials, consumption of energy, and production of waste—in relation to managing resources and reserves effectively and making production more sustainable.
CLASS ACTIVITIES
Codega will hand out a brief PDF that you will read and interact with (highlight, underline, etc.) about Clean Technology
Next, you will be assigned a piece of legislation that you will briefly research and create a poster outlining its major provisions.
Kyoto Protocols
Paris Agreement (2015)
Copenhagen Accords
Cancun Agreements
Durban Platform
Date
Major details (what it outlawed/aimed to reduce/etc.)
Participant countries
Be sure to include if this is a radical or incremental piece of legislation W/ an example
An Image that you feel captures the essence of your legislation!
HOMEWORK
Keep working on the Part B for the boats. They better be good!!!
If you need to work on the boat at home feel free to take it. Also, Tuesday after school Codega will make the workshop available if you need to make some last minute changes to your boat.
2/10
11
Here are some example IA's - Remember they are not great so DO NOT follow them blindly!
We need to straighten things up in the workshop -- claim stuff, throw stuff away, etc.
Time's ticking -- you need to be done with the IA sooner rather than later...
11
ORE TOPICS
2 -- Resource management and sustainable production
2.2 -- Waste Mitigation Strategies
2.3 -- Energy utilization, Storage, and Distribution
ESSENTIAL IDEA
Resource management and sustainable production carefully consider three key issues—consumption of raw materials, consumption of energy, and production of waste—in relation to managing resources and reserves effectively and making production more sustainable.
CLASS ACTIVITIES
Boat building in the workshop!
HOMEWORK
Keep working on your Part Bs and think deeply about your boats -- how can you make them better?
2/3
11
ORE TOPICS
2 -- Resource management and sustainable production
2.2 -- Waste Mitigation Strategies
2.3 -- Energy utilization, Storage, and Distribution
ESSENTIAL IDEA
Resource management and sustainable production carefully consider three key issues—consumption of raw materials, consumption of energy, and production of waste—in relation to managing resources and reserves effectively and making production more sustainable.
CLASS ACTIVITIES
Boat building in the workshop!
HOMEWORK
Keep working on your Part Bs and think deeply about your boats -- how can you make them better?
2/2
If this doesn't put a smile on your face you're a MONSTER
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No IA today! Let's take a break and look at some things having to do with the exam:
Quick Paper 1 talk
Quick Paper 2 talk
Quick Paper 3 talk
Predicted grades
What do you think you'll get in IB Design Tech (1-7) and why?
Lay out a plan for review starting the first week of March
You'll need an internet connected device
This was we can all be on the same page in regards to what will happen when we start to meet everyday.
2 -- Resource management and sustainable production
2.2 -- Waste Mitigation Strategies
2.3 -- Energy utilization, Storage, and Distribution
ESSENTIAL IDEA
Resource management and sustainable production carefully consider three key issues—consumption of raw materials, consumption of energy, and production of waste—in relation to managing resources and reserves effectively and making production more sustainable.
CLASS ACTIVITIES
Codega will check your Part B progress
Let's start building some boats!
The race is tentatively scheduled for NEXT THURSDAY!
HOMEWORK
Come ready to build/test/refine tomorrow
1/28
11
CORE TOPICS
2 -- Resource management and sustainable production
2.2 -- Waste Mitigation Strategies
2.3 -- Energy utilization, Storage, and Distribution
ESSENTIAL IDEA
Resource management and sustainable production carefully consider three key issues—consumption of raw materials, consumption of energy, and production of waste—in relation to managing resources and reserves effectively and making production more sustainable.
CLASS ACTIVITIES
Codega is absent this morning because his son is sick...again. Anyway please follow the following steps to work on your boat during class.
Review the requirements for the Part B (Conceptual modeling) that is due with the boat race
THIS IS JUST A START -- look for more boat designs and other sources of inspiration online!
Take out your trash and start to sketch a bunch of ideas based on what you have -- the more ideas you can get on paper the better chance you have of hitting on a design that works for the race. The idea here is NOT to get locked into a single design -- try to explore all the options based on your research on boats AND on the trash you harvested.
This is part of the (i) Developed feasible ideas to meet appropriate specifications, which explores solutions to the problem part of B -- look at http://www.ruthtrumpold.id.au/destech/?page_id=48 for more information.
Keep working on your design ideas. We will build and then test them all next week.
1/27
12
IA Project Day!!!!
If you were absent the other day you MUST present your IA to Ms. Stanford -- no exceptions!
HOMEWORK
Be ready to show Codega progress on Friday.
11
CORE TOPICS
2 -- Resource management and sustainable production
2.2 -- Waste Mitigation Strategies
2.3 -- Energy utilization, Storage, and Distribution
ESSENTIAL IDEA
Resource management and sustainable production carefully consider three key issues—consumption of raw materials, consumption of energy, and production of waste—in relation to managing resources and reserves effectively and making production more sustainable.
CLASS ACTIVITIES
Codega will check that you INTERACTED with the packet for a homework grade!
QUICK presentation of your slides form the other day -- the link to the PPT you created as a class is below.
Make sure to wear close toed shoes and clothes that are not baggy and can get a bit dirty! This will be like gym class -- there will be a grade given for "dressing out" -- we cannot and WILL NOT allow you to set foot in the shop without proper clothing. If you cannot set foot in the shop then you cannot complete the tasks you need to THEREFORE you will not receive a grade for the day.
You may want to keep a change of clothes in your locker just in case...
SAFETY FIRST!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HOMEWORK
Make sure you come dressed to go to the workshop and you have trash ready to go!
1/25
12
Talk about the IA from last week that you graded
review the IA due dates
Start looking at PArt D, E, F from the IA -- they are due sooner than you think.
11
CORE TOPICS
2 -- Resource management and sustainable production
2.2 -- Waste Mitigation Strategies
2.3 -- Energy utilization, Storage, and Distribution
ESSENTIAL IDEA
Resource management and sustainable production carefully consider three key issues—consumption of raw materials, consumption of energy, and production of waste—in relation to managing resources and reserves effectively and making production more sustainable.
CLASS ACTIVITIES
Take a look at the packet Codega and Ms. Stanford hand out
Working in pairs you will create a PPT slide about the subtopic that Codega hands out. You need to read your section (and maybe a bit of what comes before it), talk about it and then create a PPT slide that summarizes the main ideas IN YOUR OWN WORDS.
Your PPT slide must include the following:
The main info in your own words
A picture that relates to your topic
A max of 2 slides.
You have to quickly present it.
YOU WILL HAVE 40 MINUTES TO COMPLETE THIS ACTIVITY -- THEN WE PRESENT!
HOMEWORK
Bring in garbage for the boat race and start to look over the rubric for Part B
Read and interact with the ENTIRE packet (highlight, underline, etc.) for a grade next class.
11
CORE TOPICS
2 -- Resource management and sustainable production
2.2 -- Waste Mitigation Strategies
ESSENTIAL IDEA
Resource management and sustainable production carefully consider three key issues—consumption of raw materials, consumption of energy, and production of waste—in relation to managing resources and reserves effectively and making production more sustainable.
CLASS ACTIVITIES
Take a look at the standing desk 3D models
Working in teams of two, Codega will assign you a desk to price out. The target is about $25 so talk with the person that designed the desk, do a bit of research on materials, and then look at http://www.lowes.com to price our the materials you will need to make it. Make sure you pay attention to the size requirements.
You will provide an itemize list of materials (excluding hardware such as screws etc) and price. This will remain with your desk and on a separate sheet of paper.
Get as close to $25 as you can but make sure there are enough materials to actually make a full sized prototype.
Create a Chart (the layout is up to you...this will help in the future I promise!) with the following design specifications:
Has an undercarriage to put stuff in (back packs, books, etc.)
Must be mobile
A low angle on the desktop.
Nowhere a student can conceal a phone.
Must be made for $25 or less
Must meet the requirements for height we calculated a few weeks ago using the data we collected.
Must be adjustable (at least with height)
Must stand upright and stable
Aesthetically pleasing (i.e look good/cool) but still works as a desk.
You need to add three additional design specifications from the STUDENT PERSPECTIVE!
Once you have priced the desk and created your chart we will circulate the room and IN SILENCE evaluate each desk against the design specifications.
Using the chart you created say if it meets the specifications or not AND provide a reasons why/why not.
Create a list of design improvements for each desk that might make it more likely to conform to the design specifications.
Today your job is to start researching what a good sail boat design looks like and what materials you might have around the house to make a boat out of...
HOMEWORK:
Email design improvements to Codega by Sunday night -- basically how would you fix/improve each desk you evaluated.
Start to gather trash for your boat -- we will start building them on Wednesday.
2 -- Resource management and sustainable production
2.2 -- Waste Mitigation Strategies
ESSENTIAL IDEA
Resource management and sustainable production carefully consider three key issues—consumption of raw materials, consumption of energy, and production of waste—in relation to managing resources and reserves effectively and making production more sustainable.
1st take 10 minutes and create an annotated version of the graphic shown here -- DO NOT JUST COPY THE TEXT, instead read it and sum each step in your own words, but make sure all parts are annotated!
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