Creative Engineering Project
Our creative engineering project was about the treatment of animals in zoos. We did a lot of research about different zoos and found out that animals have little space to live and usually die very young. The enclosures don't resemble the wild. They aren't fed properly and can become depressed very easily. We decided to focus on three animals: polar bears, elephants, and giraffes. They are usually the animals that are treated the worst and so we thought it would be best to focus on them.
Our idea was to design the exhibits that would be around the perimeter of the zoo so the animals would have more space to roam around. We made a poster showing an outline of the new zoo exhibits. We also made a presentation showing our design and the research done on the animals. We learned that our design would actually take up half the zoo. The center of the zoo is still open and can be used for the other animal exhibits. This idea will end up keeping the animals happy and healthy. Our next step would be to present our idea to the San Francisco zoo.
Our idea was to design the exhibits that would be around the perimeter of the zoo so the animals would have more space to roam around. We made a poster showing an outline of the new zoo exhibits. We also made a presentation showing our design and the research done on the animals. We learned that our design would actually take up half the zoo. The center of the zoo is still open and can be used for the other animal exhibits. This idea will end up keeping the animals happy and healthy. Our next step would be to present our idea to the San Francisco zoo.
Presentation
Reflection
I think over all, our project came out pretty good. The presentation had a lot of information which is important. I think we also had a very good design for the new zoo. I think we could have done better with the poster and could have worked harder putting in more detail. We tried to make it to scale but it could have been better. We could have done a few more calculations or at least put more in our presentation. One thing we could have done to make it better is to maybe make a 3D model on a computer to show more detail and to help explain and show off our idea. But I am happy with our final project.