sarah long a block post #1

observation deck- the observation deck was based on the deck hanging off of the Grand Canyon. the goal was to get the strongest and longest deck. Our decks however were made out of popsicle sticks and glue. There was a formula that balanced the distance with the strength. we used different weights and each had a certain part of the deck that the weights were placed. for our design we went for length, we had the longest deck in the class. we decided to place all of our weight on the end of our deck. if we placed the weight in a different place we probably could have gotten more weight due to the strongest part of our deck was by the table. we made our deck so that it basically bear-hugged the table. i learned from this project that you need to be creative with designs and cannot always just look at one design and copy it. you need to take different approaches and learn which one works the best. overall i think this was a good project, maybe get different type of weight next time since on some decks we had a hard time keeping the weights on.