Egg Launch Final Reflections This must be completed individually. Type your responses in Word or Open Office and e-mail it to Mr. Stapleton by the class after next (A classes: 12/13. B Classes: 12/14)
Questions to address:
- Was your contraption successful? Define “success” and support your assertion.
- How helpful were the changes you made after the first launch? Cite specific evidence.
- If you were to complete this project one more time, what would you do differently? Why?[Your answer should not be limited to addressing specific design changes. You could focus on strategic changes, group dynamics, pacing, philosophy, etc.]
- What have you learned (or what could have been learned) from this project, about engineering contests in general?
Grading Criteria:
1)7 points -- Completion [addressing all aspects of all prompts]
2)5 points -- Formal conventions [typed, grammar, punctuation, spelling...]
3)5 points -- Quality of thought [answers show more than superficial reflection and argument from evidence].
4)3 points -- Length [at least 250 words]
Egg Launch Final Reflections This must be completed individually. Type your responses in Word or Open Office and e-mail it to Mr. Stapleton by the class after next (A classes: 12/13. B Classes: 12/14)
Questions to address:
- Was your contraption successful? Define “success” and support your assertion.
- How helpful were the changes you made after the first launch? Cite specific evidence.
- If you were to complete this project one more time, what would you do differently? Why?[Your answer should not be limited to addressing specific design changes. You could focus on strategic changes, group dynamics, pacing, philosophy, etc.]
- What have you learned (or what could have been learned) from this project, about engineering contests in general?
Grading Criteria:
5)7 points -- Completion [addressing all aspects of all prompts]
6)5 points -- Formal conventions [typed, grammar, punctuation, spelling...]
7)5 points -- Quality of thought [answers show more than superficial reflection and argument from evidence].
8)3 points -- Length [at least 250 words]
Egg Launch Final Reflections This must be completed individually. Type your responses in Word or Open Office and e-mail it to Mr. Stapleton by the class after next (A classes: 12/13. B Classes: 12/14)
Questions to address:
- Was your contraption successful? Define “success” and support your assertion.
- How helpful were the changes you made after the first launch? Cite specific evidence.
- If you were to complete this project one more time, what would you do differently? Why?[Your answer should not be limited to addressing specific design changes. You could focus on strategic changes, group dynamics, pacing, philosophy, etc.]
- What have you learned (or what could have been learned) from this project, about engineering contests in general?
Grading Criteria:
9)7 points -- Completion [addressing all aspects of all prompts]
10)5 points -- Formal conventions [typed, grammar, punctuation, spelling...]
11)5 points -- Quality of thought [answers show more than superficial reflection and argument from evidence].
12)3 points -- Length [at least 250 words]