Process
In my Criteria A Investigation, I said that I was going to do a poster and go around to show people my design. I would ask them to imagine it and then later they would have to answer specific questions. In the end I decided to do a model. At the end I changed my mind and built the model of my gate. I wrote up what I did into my process journal.
First day: I started preparing my equipment such as cardboard, glue, clay, and scissors. First I started of cutting the doors of the gate and the single door out of the cardboard the way I needed it. It took me a while to cut it exactly the same. After wards I attached them to pencils. I couldn’t find decent sticks anywhere. I then decided to use proper and long pencil. They are big and wide enough. After that I started painting the cardboard on one side. I let it dry. During the painting I painted a lot over my fingers. It was fun. I wrote up what I did into my process journal.
Second day: I checked if the paint was dry on one side. Of course it was. Then I painted the other side. Then I had to let it dry too. Afterwards I started to make the basement. I would stick the sticks in there or else they would fall down. I made the basement out of clay. This wasn’t so hard and was done in five minutes. I wrote up what I did into my process journal.
Third day: I got a lot of paperclips and bent them over. I bent them into little hooks. They are supposed to show the safety lockers on the gate and door. To show the hinges I took small rectangular squares of cardboard and stuck them onto the doors. I also cut out a piece of cardboard to resemblance the hole to peek through. I also stuck that on.
Forth day: I finished writing up my process journal.
During the building of my model I didn’t take as much time as I thought I would need. I also needed different equipment then I thought then I would need. It was fun building the model and I thought I would take way more time.


Test Criteria D
1. Do you think that this model of a gate is appropriate for the ger districts?


2. Do you think it could protect a ger in real life?




3. Do you think the gate would be stable if it was built?




4. Would you change something? What?




5. Do you think it is decent looking?




6. Do you think that the three metal hinges with be strong enough to hold the gates door better up?