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XPERIENCE
8: P
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OMMUNITY
Team Design Project
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The concept of team is rapidly gaining importance in manufacturing, management, and education. On a
winning team, each player meshes his or her abilities with other teammates toward achieving the task at
hand. The combination is greater than the sum of its parts. In this activity, you learn to appreciate the value
of assigning roles and developing a plan at the beginning of a problem solving design process.
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EARNING
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BJECTIVES
This learning activity will teach you to:
1. Develop teamwork skills in a fun, problem-solving environment.
2. Identify and then select team roles which will help your team efficiently solve a specific design
problem.
3. Appreciate the value of agreeing on a plan for your design before you begin building.
P
ERFORMANCE
C
RITERIA
If you successfully complete this activity, you will be able to
:
1. Successfully build a tower as a team
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The number of points your team scores
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The creativity displayed and the uniqueness of the tower design
2. Complete a team Recorder Report
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Records a
ccurate information
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Identifies the team’s most important discoveries
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Summarizes the processes used by the team and identifies the context
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Identifies
the concepts and tools used by the team
3. Complete a team Reflector Report
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Conc
ise, clear, accurate
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Cites specific examples to convey meaning
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Refers to key skills used by the team
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Documents affective issues
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Provides one insight gaine
d about the learning process and explains the significance of the insight
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NFORMATION
Your design team is competing for a contract to build transportable radio towers for reporting wildfires in
remote locations. It is imperative that these towers be as tall as possible to ensure that no fire reports are
missed. Using a minimum amount of materials to keep both the cost and the weight down is also desirable.
The contract will be awarded based on your ability to build a freestanding prototype on the cardboard base