From Locker to lock up reaction paper

October 25- 28, 2010

Design and Drawing for Production classes

Architecture Class

Instructions: Last week, your assignment was to read the Article: From locker to Lockup. You will use this article as the theme for your reaction paper

1. Please open a Microsoft word doc
2. Save the doc in your Z drive as your name locker to lockup (Example: Mike locker to lockup)

You are to write a minimum of 250 words giving your reaction to this article and the story of Phoebe Prince. Here are some questions to consider if you need help getting started:

• Should bullying be made illegal?
• What is the difference between bullying and harassment?
• What role did the media play in forming public opinion about this case?

What did the Online magazine Slate.com discovery about Phoebe? (click here and read)

How you will write this paper in gw3: You have 70 minutes to write, edit, and print your paper. At the same time, students will be presenting their product evolution power points. When a student is ready to present, you will be asked to stop writing, turn off your monitor, and listen to the speaker. When the speaker is finished, you will resume your paper.

DDP and Architecture Home Work for the week of October 18-22

Please read the article from the October 11, 2010 issue of Newsweek(click on the title): From Lockers to Lockup by Jessica Bennett

On Monday and/or Tuesday (October 25 and 26), you will be given 45 minutes in class to write a 250 word reaction paper to this article.

DDP Paper Airplane Problem

DDP Blocks 3 and 4

October 4, 2010

Problem statement: After watching the Flight of the Gossamer Condor, I realized that there was much I did not know about flight and how it works. My problem is that the lack of knowledge in this field is preventing me from full understanding of the challenges that the design team of the Gossamer Condor had to face.

Design Statement: Design, make, and test a paper airplane that can be adjusted or modified in order to fly as far as possible and stay in the air as long as possible.

Constraints:

Time:

• 1 class block to research, make and test
• 1 class block to do final test and submit documentation

Materials:

• 4 *sheets of recycled paper for researching different design solutions
• One Paper Clip
• Masking tape
• Strips of balsa wood (one piece 2” X 12”)
• One of the following (you must choose for your final design!)
• A sheet of card stock
• A sheet of vellum
• A sheet of Mylar
• A sheet of High quality printer paper

*all sheets are approximately 8.5” x 11”

Documentation: Your group is to produce one printed power point that follows the Project Lead the Way Design Process:

• Defining the problem
• Brainstorming
• Researching and Generating ideas
• Identifying criteria and specifying constraints
• Exploring possibilities
• Selecting an approach
• Developing a design proposal
• Making a model or Prototype
• Testing and evaluating the design using specifications
• Refining the design
• Creating or making it
• Communicating processes and results