Le Pont Project
This project we deviated from the comfortable buildings as we moved onto bridges. This project had a lot to do with triangles and calculus but it turned out nicely. Le Pont means the bridge in french and was probably only chosen because the assistant teacher spoke french. Anyway this project was a chore to do wasn't that hard but it was tedious, each bridge had to have a slope under 2.86 degrees, a geometric pattern on the railing, had to be wide enough for type 5b boats to pass, be 10 feet above high water level, and have a curved design. All of this made harder by the very much limited time we had to do it. This project showed off work ethic because this project required a lot of work. The project was not something to write home about and it wasn't very fun but it was a project and by that merit it deserves its spot here
Sky scraping project
In this project we learned about area volume and radial symmetry. In this project we were tasked with the job of creating a 1/1000Th scale model of a building. The building had to be entirely original in design and would be made of foam core board. Radial symmetry is a repeating pattern that occurs in a circular manner. Our project had to have a radial symmetry of 70 degrees or greater, 5 or more sides. The building had to have at least 3 different shapes making up each layer, and at least 3 different layers that tapper vertically. The reason we are doing this is to find a few good options for the 2013 Evolo skyscraper competition, the winners are chosen by our principle and will hopefully be featured in the competition. This project required critical design thinking, mostly because we had to design a building from scratch. The problem with designing a building from the ground up is that there is little to go off of. So that is why critical design thinking was important.
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Arcs and circles
In this project we were tasked with creating the United States Pavilion for the 2012 worlds fair in Yeosu Korea. We had to make the building have an ocean theme, and the building had to have arcs. During this project i learned about arcs and how to tell their angles, and measures. There are different ways a circle can be cut up by lines, called chords. Our design was a seashell propped up by other seashells. We learned the properties of circles and arcs in this project and that is why i enjoyed it This project required communication to work. Almost all projects in Geocadd require communication, but this one required more. We had to make a building in separate parts for the worlds fare. The project required for all people in a group to be synchronized and that required communication.
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rug design with triangles
in this project we were asked to make a design for a rug using only triangles and 3 forms of transformations for a company by the name of mohawk home.
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During this project i learned allot. We learned much about the types and properties of triangles. We learned that all triangles have a 3 angle sum of 180 degrees. there are also seven different types of triangles right, equalangular, equilateral, acute, obtuse, scalene, and Isosceles all with different properties. To tell if triangles are congruent you sue postulates side side side (SSS), angles side angle (ASA), side angle side (SAS), angle angle side (AAS), and the hypotenuse leg (H-L). They use the measure of angles and sides, if they measure up the triangles are congruent. the distance formula finds the lengths of certain sides of a triangle. This project was less engaging then the last but engaging none the less. The process while still stream lined was slower and a little bit harder to understand. however I feel I did m,y best work of the year so far by completing (correctly) everything faster then anyone else in the class. The fact that I got it done so fast required me to have great content literacy. To go so fast you must first understand the criteria. The criteria by which the project ran was simple enough to understand but there was a lot of it. That is why content literacy is important
urban planning with lines and angles
in this project we were asked to make a series of roads and highways for the city of Zamora using lines oand
In the beginning of the project i already had a firm understanding of lines and angles. i had a basic understanding of how parallel, perpendicular, and transversal lines worked. I also knew about the basic kinds of angles such as right, obtuse, and acute. We were taught about parallel and perpendicular lines. There were the occasional transversal line thrown it and not to mention the different kinds of angles. The normal suspects of angles were there acute, obtuse, supplementary, complementary, interior and exterior alternative and consecutive angles, and the occasional vertical angles as well. I felt that i was engaged in this project, it spoke to me. The process was fluid and comprehensible, there were few times i did not know what i was doing. as for myself I had perfect attendance and finished all deliverables on time so I felt I did good on this project. This project was a test of my critical design thinking. As the first project we had in Geocadd we had little to no idea as what to do. However we were told what to do and we made the street plans for the city of Zamora. We had to make this a viable series of streets and we had to make it look natural so in that respect that is how it fits into critical design.
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