Grade
8 Design and Technology
Assignment ... Marble Maze
Assigned
in the week of Feb 9
Grade
8 Design and Tech: Hydraulic maze assignment
This
is a design project made from raw materials; it is not
made from a kit.
Create
a marble maze that is controlled by hydraulics. This
is a partnered assignment. The base of the marble maze
is made from a single sheet of plywood or MDF. The tilting
motion must be controlled by external hydraulic cylinders.
The hydraulic cylinders are held by a base constructed
by you. A rough sketch is required before you begin
building.
The
marble maze must have a defined starting point and a
defined ending point. There may be traps in the maze,
but a superior model will be challenging but not impossible.
There
may be rewards built into the maze that are given to
the player, such as a bell, or light, or sound, to indicate
a success in the game.
- You
must make one maze per group.
- Each
person in the group must submit one
set of orthographic and isometric drawings
of your model.
- The
maze will be given a mark in D&T and Science
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