puzzle cube
define a problem
generate concepts
2.2 - I used a dial caliper to measure from rough side to rough side of the each of the 27 different cubes And the reason for all of these measurements is because we needed to gather information on the mean, median, mode, range, max, min, and standard deviation (STDEV).
2.3 - Acceptable range is when your data points lie within 1, 2, or 3 STDEV of the mean which should almost perfectly create a bell curve.
2.3 - Acceptable range is when your data points lie within 1, 2, or 3 STDEV of the mean which should almost perfectly create a bell curve.
Develop a solution
Construct and test prototype
I used the constraints on the 3x3x3 so that it wasn't more than 3 cubes wide, long, or high. I also kind of used the constraint that the pieces had to be interlocking all but the blue part really.
evaluate the solution
I did my testing on 6 different people. Age ranging from 14 y ears old to 43 years old-
The age of the testers really didn't matter as far as time because the 40 year old time was actually the second fastest time while the 43 year old had the slowest time. While the 14 and 15 year old times stayed pretty consecutive.
As far as changing anything goes, I would actually change the blue part of the puzzle cube because it doesn't actually connect with anything.
- And the fastest time was 2 minutes and 30 seconds, while the slowest time was 12 minutes and 30 seconds
- Person A: 7 minutes 15 seconds 14 years old
- Person B: 10 minutes 12 seconds 14 years old
- Person C: 2 minutes 30 seconds 14 years old
- Person D: 10 minutes 34 seconds 15 years old
- Person E: 5 minutes 42 seconds 40 years old
- Person F: 12 minutes 30 seconds 43 years old
The age of the testers really didn't matter as far as time because the 40 year old time was actually the second fastest time while the 43 year old had the slowest time. While the 14 and 15 year old times stayed pretty consecutive.
As far as changing anything goes, I would actually change the blue part of the puzzle cube because it doesn't actually connect with anything.
present the solution
This puzzle cube activity was a challenge and was very different and more complex than some of the other things that I have done. But I will admit that there was times that I did like the project more than some of the other parts of the project. My favorite part of the project was when I had to put the cube together and when I had to record peoples time while they tried to put my cube together. The project was a challenge but for the most part I got the hang of it. When someone says that they have used the design process they are saying that they have went through a step by step process on insuring that there inventions were correct or successful. Which will tell you if you actually got it or you didn't. Going into this project had brought out something that I have not used before and actually was an interesting tool to use. Inventor is a software program that allows you to make sketches 3d and it allowed me to make the parts of my puzzle cube and allowed me to assemble the entire cube. Inventor was another one of my somewhat favorite parts of the project. I did fall behind some, but I'm pretty sure I will get the hang of it if I were to do this all over again and the project would look and be so much better.