Design a Candy Dispenser

Problem Statement:
A candy company needs a miniature candy machine for their 50th anniversary.  The machine must be able to dispense 2 types of candy

Design Statement:
You must build a new miniature candy machine. To help create the machine, you must use the Autodesk Inventor Pro CAD software. Possibly animate you're machine during the Inventor process.
 
Constraints:
  1. Must be durable.
  2. Must not exceed 24”x24”x24”.
  3. Must have 4 or more parts. 
  4. Must have 2 types of candy.   You decide the candy.
  5. Candy cannot exceed ½” for all measurements. 

Standards: 
  • STEM-EA-4 - Apply knowledge of the engineering design process to solve engineering/technological problems in the STEM workplace.
  • STEM-EA-5 - Employ planning and time management skills and tools to enhance results and complete work tasks.
  • STEM-EA-8 - Develop appropriate models.​​

Learning Targets:
  • Demonstrate the steps of the engineering design process.
  • Successfully utilize engineering design software to create a candy machine. 
​Unit Topics:
Engineering Design Process
Prototype Development
Employability skills and time management​

​Vocabulary:
​Engineering design process
Prototype 
Dispenser

Activity

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