Task Description: Last week Friday, me and my class designed a small zip -line Harness to escort a small Lego character from one place to another. The scenario we have used for this design, is that a man is stuck at the tip of a mountain with a roughly broken leg and only a mere zip-line to get down. Using this scenario my class separated into groups of 2-3 to design harnesses to help the poor man down.
The materials we have received for this activity were tape, straws, Popsicle sticks, an egg carton box, paper clips, wool/cord as well as paper and card paper. Everyone’s design was unique and certainly different from everyone else. As for me and my teammates, we decided to make a simple seat for the Lego character including pleasant and balancing features to keep the Lego character snug.
Me and my team first grabbed a piece of paper and pencil to plan exactly what we needed for our design. We measured the body of the Lego in order to make an even space in the middle for the legs as well as a large enough seat and backing. The materials we used to make the seat were straws, Popsicle sticks and tape. To make the small attachment to help the seat gently glide down the zip-line we attached a straw on the back and front piece of the seat and threaded a piece of cord through both separately. Then I taped the cord to the paper clip. The final harness is below.
Few people misinterpreted the task and began making a zip-line of their own creation though they simply had to create a stable and secure seat arrangement. This took an excessively long time, due to the fact that when we had completed the task the bell rang, signalling it was the end of the morning block. By that time everyone must have completed their harnesses as we began to frantically pack up scrambling to collect pieces of rubbish drifting around the area
Everyone’s design was successful including me and my team. A few people who wanted extra stability taped their Lego characters down into their harness which was daft, though it worked in the end.