TRY ENGINEERING

Hello once again! After this week of relax, now it's time to work again, so, I'm back with a new entry. I hope you like it!
In order to increase our knowledge about technology and its uses, a few weeks ago, two future engineers from the university came to our high school to introduce us in their worlds.

During the two hours we shared, we had to do a project with specific material, in a specific time and achieving an specific objective too; we had to build up a windmill which uses the rotational movement for lifting a tea bag. These are some examples and how it worked, as you can see we are authentic engineers!!! (At the end there is a video, which is located there because of aesthetic reasons):

BUT, what does it mean to be an engineer?
I was thinking of writing down a definition from a dictionary, but i'll simplify it. From my point of view, an engineer could be described as a creator. Someone who creates something using technology in order to solve problems or improve our quality of life.                                                                                                
During the project, we had to work in groups. I prefer to work alone, always, but as my group was composed by friends, it didn't matter at all. The experience has been very positive. Apart from achieving our goal, we spend a great time and we worked surprisingly well. Everyone participated and and provide their own ideas and different doubts. The final object was an improved mix from all the ideas we gave, and I'm very proud! Obviously, we had some insignificant problems as for example the fact that the air of the hairdryer wasn't hard enough to make the blades turn. But by modifying the direction of the plastic spoons, the problem was solved. And that was all.

We can consider we worked as engineers, keeping in mind that we developed an structure that adhere to the standards: we used the material that was provided (all recycled material) and we finished before the timeline was over, but the most important fact is that we detected the problem and solved it. I felt relaxed because we were very fast and i knew that we would had time to improve our final version. I have to add that this challenge wasn't very difficult, otherwise the result would have been worst. I'm definitely not working as an engineer in the future, considering that for building something first you have to do a written project that determines how you have to work without giving you any margin in case you want to change something. I like those projects that give you more freedom to do whatever you want.

Personally, I really enjoyed this experience! It was quite funny and a good option to replace some classes. We learnt a lot of things and I hope it is not the last time we do things like this!!


The video:

RESOURCES:

http://www.uib.cat/

http://www.iesarta.cat/component/content/article/2-uncategorised/2-recull-fotografic