Pringle Challenge
In this project we worked in groups of three. Our task was to safely package and mail a Pringle chip from HTHI to my teacher's parent's house in Chico, California. This was definitely a challenge considering that an average Pringle chip is as fragile if not more so than a piece of glass. It didn't help that my teacher's parents lived about 600 miles away from my school and had to make a round trip. The requirements were that the Pringle had to be in somewhat perfect condition and not utterly disintegrated when it returned. Other requirements were that we could not physically change or alter the Pringle chip. All packages need to have been assembled by teams, no premade packages allowed.
We cut off the bottom end of a Pringles container then used the lid for the top end of the container. Our thought process was just to use the resources in front of us. Therefore why make something when something is already built for us with some modifications it seemed like a pretty practical idea. This included Styrofoam and cotton balls encasing the Pringle and thus a cost-efficient and light weight solution was born.
The winning group however, did not design their package for security. They were aiming for the smallest package. This enabled them to win because their package was the smallest and more efficient package. This group was Connor, Mitchell and Steven.
We maintained an average of 7 to 9 out of 10 for the intactness score. The general score was calculated by the intactness score divided by volume times mass, multiplied by 100. Our score was 6.33.
Reflection
The biggest flaw to our design is when it seemed like the cotton balls and Styrofoam moved around due to the transportation of postal system. If to do this project again we would address this flaw by adding more cotton and possibly replacing the Styrofoam. We would make sure that the cotton wouldn't move around as much therefore ensuring safer travels for the Pringle.