Monday, March 27, 2017

March 27th- Xplorers- Plastic Recycling


Up-cycling With Plastic!!!

Your task is to use HDPE and LDPE to build a product. You will be up-cycling, which means that your product needs to have more value in it’s final state. You must be creative, and think about what products will benefit from the properties of the reworked plastic. The best projects will look like something that you would actually buy in a store.

Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Questions 1 – 3:

Research and design your product
Questions 3 - 4:

Design and build prototype


Question 5:

Design Review
Build product and incorporate feedback from design review

1.     Research up-cycling with plastic. List two websites that helped you think about products that you could create and the process involved.

2.     Start brainstorming what your product will be, and how you will make it.
a.     Materials?

 Demo: Injection Molding Process





Friday, March 24, 2017

March 24th- GRNG 101's

Algae is doing well. T-connectors giving uneven air pressure.

 Dr. T researched buying additional gas manifolds.


Materials Group worked on chair design using recycled materials, with water bottles serving as legs. I suggested that water bottles should be filled for greater compressive strength.






Bicycle group tested generator- put out 12-13.5 volts when pedaling fast. Was able to use to charge a cellphone.





Aquaponics team studied water supply system.