Car Race Week 9

You will make the most fuel efficient hybrid car with the best features. You will work with a team and you will be graded on how awesome your car is.

Here is the criteria

•     The car is  life size and will be big enough for your entire team to fit inside

•     The team needs to be able to hold onto the car and be able to run inside of it

○  For 50 meters

•     The car needs to have a front and the sides

Here are the positions and the duties

Interior Designer	Exterior Designer
• Has fun ideas	• Is the artist
• Will create 5 fun features on the	• Is good at measurement
dashboard	• Will provide the measurements in inches
• Will ensure the essential features	○ The inches will be to the nearest 8th of an inch
are there	○ Will measure the following
○ Steering wheel	§The height
○ Speedometer	§The length
○ Gas gauge	§The width of the car
○ Heat gauge	○ Will ensure the following
○ Key hole	§height to length ratio is -  1 : 3
• Designs the dashboard	§width to length ratio is - 4 : 9
○ Measures the length of the	• Will be in charge of designing the car and decorating
dashboard	the car

○ Measures the length of each feature on the dashboard

○ Determines what percent of the length of the dashboard is used up by each feature

Structural Designer	Project Manager
• Is the muscle of the group	• Is the organizer
• Knows how to gauge whether the	• Names the Car
car will be strong enough to	• Ensures the project is being completed according to
withstand the run	the schedule
• Will time the team during two test	• Decides on the price
runs	○ The cost of construction
• Will find the percent of change	○ The mark up percent
• Will declare whether or not they	○ The final retail price
found a percent increase or	• Creates the brochure
decrease	○ Made on a nice quality of paper - construction
	paper cover - nice white paper for the inside
	○ Has a cover page with the Car's name as the
	title and the team's names and their titles
	§Ex - Eve Fuentes - Structural Designer
	○ Submits the Mathematics page from each of
	the designers
	○ Designs it so it is graphically appealing

ideas Page 1

○ Designs two pages that are advertising pages that advertise the details and features of the car and appeal to the customer.

○ Includes a page that outlines the pricing

Here is the Schedule

•     Submit your design and proposal by Friday

•     Over the weekend

○  Gather the materials - begin your individual parts of the project

•     Monday Night

○  Finish the mathematics portions of the project

•     Tuesday Night

○  Create the car

•     Wednesday Night

○  Create the car

•     Thursday

○  Ensure it will be able to withstand being ran for 50m

•     Weekend

○  Finish any last touches

•     Monday- Bring the car to school - Prepare to race

○  Make sure the car will fit in your own car or the bus safely

○  Bring tape to school to put it back together

ideas Page 2

Design Proposal

Design Proposal -

Car Name

Who will hold each position

Ideas on the car

• Some of the fun features

• How big will the car be

Materials

• The materials you will need

• Who will purchase and bring

ideas Page 3

Interior Designer And Exterior Designer Mathematics

Exterior Designer

Ratios	all measurements in inches to the nearest eight inch

Length measure

Height Measure

Width measure

Does it match the ratios?

§  height to length ratio is -  1 : 3

§  width to length ratio is - 4 : 9

Show the process

Interior Designer Show the process

Percentage of the dashboard it holds up

Length of dashboard - in

Length of the fun features

1

2

3

4

5

ideas Page 4

Structural Designer - Project manager - Mathematics

Structural Designer

Original Time

Second Time

Percent of change

Was it an increase or decrease in time to do the run?

Show process

Project Manager

Cost to construct the car

Mark Up

Selling price of the car

Show process