For more advanced students, giving them these four basic classes seems more likely to hinder their creativity. We encourage you in this project to emphasize that effective design is the application of suitable principles to achieve specified goals. Reviewing the principles listed above should prove helpful to the students. The main concern here is that no one fall from the launch platform. Be sure that there is a good guard rail and that the students don't get so caught up in the project that they forget to be careful.
Students are also at risk when they cut and shape their materials using scissors.
We can never remind the students enough to work carefully and consciously. This project was developed by John Garcelon. Return to Gravity Defying System Design Home Page.