MS-Elective-S1-Baber



Unit Question #1: Why and how do people need to organize themselves in different ways? Or how do I stop getting detentions for forgetting my homework?

Unit Question #1 in my own words: How should students organize themselves in different methods? How should students stop getting punished?

Mind Map

I haven't got detention since I am in middle school, the thing that keeps me away from getting into detention is organization. I also use these ideas in my life so that even in the future I don't get detention. I would also recommend you to organized because then you won't get detention and you won't have to face the consequences of late or missing homework.

Design Brief

I will make a homework organizer. The homework organizer will make me more organized because sometimes, I also forget my homework and have to face the consequences. Basically the homework organizer will have good looks so when I look at it, before I go to school and if I see something in there that just might save me from facing the consequences of having late homework. The objective of this homework organizer is to make me more organized.

Design Specification


 * Wood type = Pine
 * None of the edges will be sharp or corner's
 * Paint the desk organizer so it stands out and looks better
 * 16 inches needs to be the length because that is about one fourth or one sixth of my desk which would be enough to keep my home work in
 * 10 inches needs to be the height so that it can hold alot of homework
 * 10 inches needs to be the width
 * The thickness needs to be 0.5 inches
 * Should be easy to put homework into
 * It needs to be so strong that if it falls 2 or 3 times from a table then it doesn't break
 * Have to be able to put in homework

Test's
 * Touch Test for none sharp edges
 * Test in which I will put homework in it
 * Appearance Test in which I will ask some of my peers if it looks attractive
 * Drop test
 * Tape Measure for size constraints

Guiding Questions

Are the materials available in the DT Lab? Will my product look good so basically will it be appealing? How much time is given to finish the product? What joints can I make well? Will my product be safe? What type of wood will I use? What is the thickness of the wood?

Investigation The materials that I need are available in the DT Lab because I have asked Mr. Hassan. I conducted a survey from my family members and cousins and they told me that my product would look appealing after I have painted it. The time given to finish the product will be about 14 classes. I can make a miter joint good enough and an excellent butt joint. My product will be safe because I will do the touch test on it and by that I will know if my product is safe. The type of wood that I will use would either be Pine or MDF. The thickness of Pine is 3/4 of an inch and the thickness of 1 of the MDF boards is 0.5 inches exactly the thickness I need for my product.



My desk My desk isn't that neat as you can see and it has a lot of stuff on it. I need to organize all of this stuff to be organized and I think being organized doesn't gives you that much pressure that you have left your homework at home because you don't know where you put it and it will be lying around on all of your tables if you are not organized. Once I even had to face the consequences of forgetting my homework because I wasn't that organized and I don't want to face them again.

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My Designs and Design Evaluations

Design #1

Evaluation
 * It has butt joints
 * Benefit is that it will have 2 places to keep homework in
 * It will be easy to make because there will be 2 sides, 1 back, 1 base and 1 shelf
 * It is also made of all the different colors so it's too much attractive
 * This design is really easy to use because you just put homework in one of the places
 * This design would cost the least because now days I guess these ideas are normal
 * I would choose this design because it won't consume as much time as the other one and I think that this one would be the 1 of the 2 strong designs that I have made in real I have made 3 designs but I don't think my 3 design is that strong and I also don't think that my 2 design is as strong as this one



Design 2

Evaluation
 * Benefit is that it will have 2 spaces to keep homework into
 * It has a mix of miter and butt joints
 * This will be a little harder then my first design because it has 2 sides, 2 backs, 1 base and 1 shelf in the middle
 * This is more attractive then my first design because it has bright colors
 * This design is also easy to use because you just put in the homework
 * This design would cost more then my first design because it has a little more wood then the first design

Design 3

Evaluation
 * This one has more butt joints then miter joints
 * This design is the hardest because it has a lever and the lever is shaped like an arrow and there needs to be a lever support which holds the lever
 * Benefit of this product is that if you have homework in it then the lever would be pointing down and if you don't then it will be pointing up
 * This product is also attractive but not too much
 * This design is really easy to use because you just have to lift up the lever, put the homework underneath it and release the lever
 * This design would cost the most because it's a whole new idea of a lever



Plan

Parts List 2 Sides which are made out of Pine. Thickness is 0.5 inches, length is 9.5 inches and the width is 16 inches.

1 Shelf which is made out of Pine. Thickness is 0.5 inches, length is 16 inches and the width is 9 inches.

1 Base which is made out of Pine. Thickness is 0.5 inches, length is 16 inches and the width is 9 inches.

1 Back which is made out of Pine. Thickness is 0.5 inches, length is 10 inches and the width is 10 inches

Final Product

Process Journal-September 29,2011

Today I only took out the wood from the storage room and Mr. Hassan started cutting from a big piece of wood for me. I didn't feel good because other people were way ahead of me and I barely did anything. I didn't make any changes because I didn't get to work on my product.

Process Journal-October 10, 2011

Today well Mr. Hassan told me to write some calculations about my product on my parts list because the calculations were on the parts list I had before and I lost. Thanks to my pen drive, it was saved on it so I printed it again and did the calculations after the calculations we did the planing for the thickness of my wood. After school I met Mr. Hassan and he told me that he finished cutting my parts. I felt pretty good because I think I used the time wisely today and I got more enthusiastic when Mr. Hassan told me that he finished cutting my parts. I did make changes but to the wood because we planned it to the thickness I needed.

Process Journal-October 12, 2011 Today I kind of started assembling my parts together without the glue to see if they were made correctly how I needed them and after that I actually started to assemble 2 of my parts together with glue and nails but I didn't do the nailing except 1 nail because Mr. Hassan told me to go do my process journal and he did the nailing for me with the support of the clamps I think that's what they are called. I felt pretty good because assembling my 2 parts together and it was even kind of challenging when I had to put the clamps in but I felt good about it. I did make changes and the biggest change that I made with the help of Mr. Hassan was nailing and gluing I did on my own but Mr. Hassan did the nailing for me because he told me to go do my process journal.

This is what I did:



Process Journal-October 16, 2011 I basically assembled the parts together without gluing just assembling because I thought that 1 of my parts wasn't measured correctly but it actually turned out that I was holding the wrong part and after that I tried to assemble another side with the base but it took a long time so I wasn't able to add glue to it. I felt good because my misunderstanding about a part was now clear. I didn't make any changes because I wasn't able to glue and nail the side to the base.

Process Journal-October 18, 2011 Today I joined 2 parts together the side and the base, I joined it 2 times the first time I just tried to line it up with the corner clamps and the 2 second time I put glue and glue it together. After I glued it there was glue coming out of the sides so I cleaned that and I turned the whole thing and nailed it. Basically in short terms I added another part. I felt good nailing it because I like hammering, nailing and building things. I did make a big change which is that I added a new part. This is what I did today:

Process Journal-October 26, 2011

Today I joined the back with it and I nailed it only a little bit not a lot so the rest of the nailing I am going to do next class. I felt good because I have done a lot in a few days. I did make a new change which was to add the back to my project.

Process Journal-November 2

Today I nailed only 1 nail but I had to take it out because it got nailed the wrong way and after that Mr.Hassan told me not to nail it so I tried to fit in my shelf to see if it fits but it doesn't so Mr.Hassan cut some of it of from the table saw. I felt okay because I think I didn't do much work. I did make a small change to my project.

Process Journal-November 13

I added the shelf to my product and before adding it Mr. Hassan cut it with the Table Saw because it wasn't fitting in first. I felt good because I am done with assembling pieces of wood and now I don't think there is much left. I made a big change which is that I added the shelf to my product.

Process Journal-November 15 Today I started sanding some of my part of the product with a 240 sandpaper. I felt good because I always wanted to sand stuff since I saw other people do it. Today I made a big change to myself I kind of learned how to sand.

Process Journal-November 17 Today I sanded 1 side a little bit because it was uneven. I felt good except that my hand got tired. I made a change to the project by sanding 1 side to make it even.

Process Journal November 28 I chipped the nails down and kinda sanded it. I felt good. I learned how to chip nails which was a change.

Process Journal November 30 I finished sanding and painted some seller on it. I felt okayish because next time I want to work more. I made a change that I painted seller.

Process Journal December 4 I sanded some parts of 2 sides. I didn't feel good because I was sanding by hand and my hand got tired. I made a change that I sanded after putting seller.

Process Journal December 6 I sanded all the parts that I put seller on. My hand got tired so I didn't feet good. I made a change that I sanded all the parts that I put seller on.

Process Journal December 12 I put seller on all parts. My hand got tired again. I didn't make a big change.

Process Journal December 14 I put gloss on all parts. My hand didn't get tired and I felt okayish. I didn't make a big change.

 My project meets my design specification and if the design specification was given to someone else they would make something similar to this. One of my pros were that first I thought that the upper part of my product couldn't hold heavy objects but when I did the strength test I found out that it could easy hold it.One of my cons now is that I think I could have made it better with more parts and it could have had better looks because I did a appearance test from which I asked people how it looked and almost all of them said that it looked okay. I have also done the tape measure test and all of my parts are the size I asked for. I also did the drop test and my project didn't fall apart. I am also done with the touch test and there are no sharp corners.

My Final Product: