Mean (total): 3 minutes 54 seconds
Mode (total): 1 minute 10 seconds
Range (total): 15 minutes 16 seconds
Mean (female): 2 minutes 25 seconds
Mean (male): 4 minutes 31 seconds
Mean (age): 28.3 years
Mode (total): 1 minute 10 seconds
Range (total): 15 minutes 16 seconds
Mean (female): 2 minutes 25 seconds
Mean (male): 4 minutes 31 seconds
Mean (age): 28.3 years
Conclusion Questions
1. Why is it important to model an idea before making a final prototype?
2. Which assembly constraint(s) did you use to constrain the parts of the puzzle to the assembly such that it did not move? Describe each of the constraint types used and explain the degrees of freedom that are removed when each is applied between two parts. You may wish to create a sketch to help explain your description.
3. Based on your experiences during the completion of the Puzzle Design Challenge, what is meant when someone says, “I used a design process to solve the problem at hand”? Explain your answer using the work that you completed for this project.
4. How does the gender of the puzzle solver affect solution time? Be specific and provide evidence to support your answer.
5. How does the age of the puzzle solver affect solution time?
b. Write an equation using function notation that represents puzzle solution time in terms ofage. Be sure to define your variables and identify units.
c. Predict the solution time on the first attempt of a child who is 3 years of age. Show your work.
- To make sure the idea fits within the constraints and to reduce materials used if the design fails
2. Which assembly constraint(s) did you use to constrain the parts of the puzzle to the assembly such that it did not move? Describe each of the constraint types used and explain the degrees of freedom that are removed when each is applied between two parts. You may wish to create a sketch to help explain your description.
- I just used mate throughout the entire assembly. I had to use it about 3 times per piece to make sure it was in the right place and flush with the surrounding pieces
3. Based on your experiences during the completion of the Puzzle Design Challenge, what is meant when someone says, “I used a design process to solve the problem at hand”? Explain your answer using the work that you completed for this project.
- I don't understand this question. Is it asking how I followed the design process?
4. How does the gender of the puzzle solver affect solution time? Be specific and provide evidence to support your answer.
- I found that females had a lower mean for the solving time
5. How does the age of the puzzle solver affect solution time?
- Age didn't affect the solve time so much as experience did.
- As I said, age didn't have a direct correlation to the solve time as much as I believe age did.
b. Write an equation using function notation that represents puzzle solution time in terms ofage. Be sure to define your variables and identify units.
c. Predict the solution time on the first attempt of a child who is 3 years of age. Show your work.
- I tested my cube on a child of three years of age and it took him about 15 minutes but only because he kept getting bored and distracted