▼This page was created as part of the 2023 Cal Poly Humboldt course Engr305 Appropriate Technology.

It's open edit now, so feel free to improve it.

This paragraph will appear in search results and previews for this page. Write a brief introductory text with information such as a description of your project, when was it designed and built, your motivation to solve the problem, the intended users. This will explain your project to someone who has never heard of it before.

Background

Describe the background of the project. Make sure to cover who, what, why, when and where. You will want to write in word (to have a local copy and help with grammar) and then copy it into the edit window on Appropedia. You will want a 'before' (or a contextual) image to help set the context of the background. Note that any images uploaded to Appropedia must be free to share and uniquely named (just use your team or project name as the start to the file name for ease and compliance).

Problem statement

Start your project objective statement in the format, "The objective of this project is to...". Consider what will change once your solution is built and running. You will edit this throughout your project to fine tune it.

Literature Review

Introduce the literature review briefly and then use heading and subheadings for topics. This should focus on information… NO PLAGIARISM! Make sure to see assignments on Canvas.^[1]

This sections will probably have many subsections as shown below. If it is quite long, you can move it to subpage by clicking this link. Below is an example of subsections.

Prototyping

Show examples of the prototyping process including what you learned. Make sure to include at least one prototype for function and at least one prototype for desire. A great way to communicate your design your process (and to earn extra points!) is to show your early drawings (by hand and digital), failed attempts and photos of tools, materials and your team (or your hands) as you build this prototype.

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  Prototype of agricultural school area made from bottle caps and clothes pins. We learned that the trees would need to be further apart for teaching in the future.
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  Miniature prototype of Six Rivers School hangout area. We learned that the clients and students loved the look and wanted more native landscaping and flowers.
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  Prototype of rainwater catchment system for Loleta Elementary made from pipe cleaners, cardboard, and paper. We learned that the client preferred a large rainwater catchment tank from this.
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  Prototype bench made for Zane Middle School made from 2x4s. We learned that the hinge mechanism was too dangerous for the students to use.

Construction

A very complete description of how the final project is built. This large section should have lots of pictures. Use the Help:Images#Galleries and probably Template:Steps (e.g. 215_DIY_solar_power_box_fan_air_filter#Building_Instructions).

• Sample gallery
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  Sample caption text.
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  More sample caption text. This would look better with different images.:)
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  Even more sample caption text.

Steps

1

Place the fan face-down (such that the portion that blows air is face down) on a flat surface. Align the bottom edge of one filter with the bottom edge of the fan and the side edge of the filter with the right side of the fan. Place two temporary pieces of tape down to keep the filter in place, but that are removable if necessary. Lift this filter up and repeat the process with the second filter, aligning the bottom with the bottom of the fan and the side with the left side of the fan

2

Rotate both filters up and align their untaped sides near the center of the fan. Tape this joint with another two pieces of temporary tape

Operation

This is how to operate. It should have a brief introduction and very useful images with labels. Also it may work best for your project to use the step by step how to template {{How to}}. See #Troubleshooting for an example.

Instructions

This is a plan to maintain your project. The step by step how to template {{Steps}} is most likely the best way to display a process, which will look like this:

1

Do something.

2

Do something really complicated.

3

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Conclusion

Team

Introduce team and semester in the following format:

• Lonny Grafman
• Emilio Velis
• One bullet for each team member.

References