Day 10: (Mon Oct 3, Week 6) Observation Review

Notes for 2022-10-03.

New Assignments

1. New assignment, due Wednesday: Project: Ideation. Please note the deliverable is a single sheet of paper to pass around and mark up, this is important for the in-class exercise.

Administrative

Tentative project schedule:

• Week 6: Children’s School analysis, project ideation

• Week 7: project pair formation, proposal critique

• Week 8: Fall Break, no class

• Week 9: prototype build

• Week 10: prototype build

• Week 11: prototype test on Mon Nov 7

Agenda

1. New details regarding the prototype testing.

   • will set up in Green Room

   • will have all ages: 3, 4, 5

   • concerns were raised about choking hazards

     • CPSC guidelines

     • typical choking hazard tester

     • min 1.25 inch OD: golf balls, 32 mm large rubber superballs, 35 mm ‘boulder’ marbles

   • reference source for school-quality toys: Kodo, including [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11].

2. General discussion of the observation visit.

3. In-class demos of the motor marble tile exercise.

4. Review of sensor and motor circuits, as needed.

5. Individual consultation, as needed.