Foothill Five Wonder Workshop Team

Not the official journal entry, HD version of First Journal Entry Video

Feb 16, Foothill/Foothill Five - First Attempt

Names and Rolls

Cora Price - Attachment Builder

Sam Price - Attachment Designer

Nora Whitworth - Brainstormer

Stratton Whitworth - Attachment Designer

Merrill Nott - Programmer

Nora Nott - Moral Support

my first attempts were hard but than...

Feb 20, Foothill/Foothill Five - Second Attempt

Names and Rolls

Cora Price - Idea Girl

Sam Price - Interviewer

Nora Whitworth - Troubleshooter/Editor

Stratton Whitworth - Interviewer

Merrill Nott - Programmer

Nora Nott - Moral Support

Defined Goal

1. Holding both of the balls at once. 
2. Attachment to hold both balls at once.

Plan

1. Every family will make a different attachment to hold two balls. From there we will decide which works the best.

Results

1. We didn't run the program for the crane attachment because it sucked. It was too heavy on one side and we failed on this attempt.
2. It was too heavy on one side and Dash tipped. Both balls would come out at once. When they didn't fall out together, I couldn't get the second ball out. Dash's head wouldn't turn because the attachment was too heavy.
3. Results and conlcusions are in the video below.

Feb 22 Foothill/Foothill Five Final Attempt

Final Attempt

Names and Rolls

Cora Price - Attachment Builder

Sam Price - Attachment Designer

Nora Whitworth - Brainstormer

Stratton Whitworth - Attachment Designer

Merrill Nott - Programmer

Nora Nott - Moral Support

The goal for the project was to succeed and complete the portion of the project of creating an attachment that would hold 2 balls and drop them both at the same time into the cups.

Steps to reach the goal

1. Imagine what the attachment would look like and how Dash was going to move to drop both balls at once. 
2. Plan what materials to use, how to use the materials, and create the attachment as planned.
3. Modify the direction and the measurements - troubleshoot.
4. Program the code and troubleshoot.
5. Explore movements that worked.

Each team member contributed by:
Cora came up with the idea of the ball holder and the program. Merrill helped to troubleshoot the code. Nora helped with the improvements of the attachment. Sam and Stratton helped with Legos. 

 We tried attaching a bent tube to the top of Dash. It wasn't stable enough. It bent down too much.

 Measuring how long the tube should be. We didn't want it to not reach the cups or not stretch far enough.

 Trying to construct a platform to attach the tube. We needed the tube to be higher in order to reach the cups. We thought about what would help. We decided on legos

 Adjusting the tubes. We decided to do a plate, stick the tubes of it, and cover the surface with tape.

 Test run. We had to work on adjusting the plate and the cups and the program.

Here is a picture with the counterweight we attached.

Here she is after her success.