Humpty Dumpty

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,Humpty Dumpty had a great fall;All the king’s horses and all the

king’s mencouldn’t put Humpty together

again...

Humpty Dumpty

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,Humpty Dumpty had a great fall;All the king’s horses and all the

king’s mencouldn’t put Humpty together

again... However, his younger brother, Jumpty, was

somewhat of a daredevil.

Jumpty Dumpty slid off a wall, Jumpty Dumpty was hurt not at all;

He tumbled down a tube from his very high loft

And landed in a bed that was safe and soft.The tube was constructed of very long

pipe, He told all his friends-most thought it all

hype;He said, I’ll do it again, this time from a

heightThat will make you all tremble with terror

and fright.

The tube was raised at MSI,To a height that exceeded 25 feet

high; the angle was such that it was

straight up and downthe jump would be viewed by the

entire town.Jumpty sat on the edge of the rail,He looked down at the floor and thought he would fail;The bed at the bottom would be soft and new The problem he worried-It would be built by you!

The bed must be made of paper and tape,

Your bed he thought would not save a grape;

Oh please help me, Jumpty saidConstruct a device so I won’t crack

my head!

The Learning Cycle (3 steps)Explor

eDesign a “prototype catcher”using: 5 sheets of paper 1 meter of tape Various materials (supplied)

Concept DevelopmentAfter the test drop, you may learn

a few things about successful designs.

A few guidelines

The “bed” (catcher) must be free standing.You will not be allowed to hold the catcher.The egg will fall through a tube then it will leave the tube and fall the last three feet into your “bed” (catcher).

A few guidelines

You may only use the materials given to you to build your “bed” (catcher). You do not have to use all the materials.

Please get started

Discussing Designing Building

Your team has 20 minutes for this stage.

Pick up your materials

The 20 minutes starts NOW

Concept ApplicationLater, you will get a second

chance. We will try to increase our level of successful “catches”.This is an engineering design problem,

for your team.

This is “life or death” situation for Jumpty.

Write some final words to share before Jumpty Dumpty “goes down the tube.”

Your final words can be....(Role) Written by some part of

your system(Audience) Written to anyone...

or anything

(Format) Written in the format of your choice

(Topic) The planned “stunt”