PLTW
Capstone Project
This is a page featuring everything there is to know about my capstone project! What is a PLTW capstone project you might be wondering? Well, it's an end-of-the-school-years project with the purpose to solve a problem. It forces students to utilize and combine the many skills they've collected over their high school careers.
My project is a product to stop package porch pirates. I'm currently working with three other group members, Theo, MJ, and Ethan. To get updates on our project, stay tuned on this website and see what happens!
Check out this
Google Slide! It contains most if not all information from Component 1 of
the research document
in presentation form
02 Design
Once we finished researching our problem along with other designs, my group was ready to put our vision on paper. We made a few sketches but ultimately landed on a wood and metal hybrid box with a package delivery door and two package retrieval side doors. Below is a link to a presentation of our designs and feedback.
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The following are two concept sketches of our product. The sketches to the right resemble the final product we landed on.
04 Testing
Finally, we had to test our prototype and make sure it not only matched our standards but was available for commercial use. Though it wasn't the perfect prototype, it passed the important tests and we were able to display our product at our final capstone event. For more information on our tests, check out Element I in our research document.
01 Starting our Research
Hello and welcome to the start of something amazing! Like all good beginnings, my group and I needed to do a lot of thinking and researching to really determine our problem and how we planned to fix it. The button below is linked to our research document. If you look through Component 1, you'll find our initial problem research.
03 Prototyping
Once our final design was set in stone, we continued to execute it. This consisted of months of wood sawing, screwing, metal cutting, human error (a lot of it), and more. To make sure our final piece was perfect, we first made a prototype with cardboard, wood, and then varnished wood and corrugated metal.
The photo below is our final product. It's constructed of raw wood, varnished wood, corrugated metal, and other parts.
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Want to see the process? This Google Slide has it all!
Without further ado, here's the final prototype in action!
Bellow is the presentation we displayed at our capstone event. It summarizes our entire engineering process.