Abstract
The purpose of this project is to create a table that can act as a Lego Makerspace. The Narwhal team created the prototype and design for the table that will be used by 6th-8th graders at Zane Middle School. The school is located in Eureka, California. Team Narwhal was assembled through Humboldt State’s Intro to Design course instructed by Camille Penny.
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Background
During spring semester of 2016, Zane Middle School has come to ask Intro to Design students to help them design and construct different projects. Our project is Lego Makerspace. Our client wants a table where the students have space to play and construct the Legos. Furthermore, the table must offer storage areas for the Lego pieces and design booklets. In addition, the client will share this table with other classroom around campus so lightweight and portability is highly considerable. As a result, by being portable, our client can store the table anywhere on campus with ease.
Problem statement and criteria
There are many criterias from our client. We must construct a table that can store legos and booklets, and provide play surface. Also, our design must be portable and lightweight.
Description of final project
The based of our design is an Oregon Trail wagon that we have found at the Scrap Yard. In addition, we use polls to increase the height of our design by 10 inches. With the increasing height, the space underneath the tabletop will be extra storage space. Moreover, we also find an aluminum top that is hollow inside. Having hollow middle part of our tabletop, we can use it to store the Lego pieces. Furthermore, we also found an old street sign that we use as the top layer on our tabletop. The street sign is lightweight. As a result, the street sign is perfect for our extractable tabletop.
Costs
Image | Description | Price per Item | Price for Whole Project | Place Purchased |
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No image yet | Wagon | 25 | Arcata Scrap Yard | |
No image yet | Table Top | 10 | Arcata Scrap Yard | |
No image yet | Sign | 9 | Arcata Scrap Yard | |
No image yet | Plate | 5 | 49 | Arcata Scrap Yard |
Testing Results
How to build
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Discussion and next steps
References
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