Evaluation

Evaluation
This unit was about inventors and their inventions. The AOI is Human Ingenuity and the learner profile is Risk-taker. We chose Human ingenuity for our AOI because inventions are made by humans and for the learner profile we thought as an inventor, you have to be a risk-taker. We discussed different inventors and figured out that they took a lot of risks with their inventions. They often kept it as a secret and the inventions were discovered after they had died.
Our unit project was to chose an already invented house hold item and improve it. We had to redesign it, prove that our design was even possible and then in the end hold a presentation about it. My group chose to improve and redesign a radiator. We invented a radiator that detects heat with an infrared camera and then finds the average temperature of the room. We proved this by doing a lot of research and we found out that airports use infrared cameras to detect heat. So then we came to a conclusion that it must also work if we put it into a radiator. The radiator can also be manually handled, in case the temperature is too high or too low and it would also in that case be cost efficient. Child safety is also provided for those who want it. There is a piece of rubber around each corner and sharp edge. They are wheels for portability and the radiator runs on electricity. This way it is energy efficient and cost efficient. It also comes in different colors, shapes and sizes. After we had done the research, we made our different designs. Each of us made three different designs for the radiator. Our final design was a mix of two different designs. We also came up with the “Da Fonk” edition, which are fun, crazy and cool radiators. They are colorful and extraordinary. We all had our different designs, but each of us work well with each other and gave each other ideas.
I think our group works well together and I really enjoyed working with them. We were often ahead of others, but this doesn’t mean that the quality of our work was worse. It means we did our jobs well and were finished in time.
For our presentation we decided it would be best to make a poster. We had our different designs on the poster and descriptions of the different designs. Unfortunately our poster got wet and looked a little messy. If you see it the positive way, the water made it look kind of cool, because there were different lines and marks. As we went on with the design cycle, we always had to check with our teacher and ask ourselves if our work was good, and if it would pass. We had different specifications for our designs, and all of them fit for our final designs and they also fit for the “Da Fonk” edition. For example one of the specifications was that it had to be child safe. All of the editions had a rubber attachment at sharp edges and corners. They all were transportable, energy and cost efficient. To check if our designs were appropriate, we had different specification. Some of them are mentioned above.
I think my group and I did a good job in this project, but we could have done a better research, a neater poster, and a better presentation. Our research had all the information we needed, but we only had internet sources. I think it would have been better if we would have had other sources. Over all I liked how my group and I worked together. We did our work, but we still had fun. I think that the work of a student is better if they have fun than if they work through it with complete boredom. As I already mentioned, our investigations could have been better. Even though we had all information we need, we could have had different sources not only internet. Designing the radiators was probably the best part of everything. We could show our creativeness and we had a lot of fun making up different editions, such as “Da Fonk”. Making the plan was easy too. It is not hard to plan everything, and we didn’t change anything. We followed the plan perfectly and didn’t have any difficulties with that. There isn’t much to say about plan, so ill move on with create. Creating the plan was easy. This was fun too. We had fun making the poster and we finished in time. The poster explains the radiator well and is easy to understand. It could have been neater, but unfortunately water spilt over it. As you can see, I am writing the evaluatioin now. I think my evaluation covers everything important. This unit was a lot of fun and I enjoyed it.