Sunday 27 March 2011

Identifying a school or a community need

How do we decide what a really important problem to solve as Engineers? We have asked our teachers, our lovely caretaker Mrs F and other children around the school. We have organised these ideas in order of importance and decided to look at the carparking issue. The staff carpark is for the teachers and other adults that work at the school. We have learned by talking to people around the school that sometimes problems are created when the carpark gets used to drop children off at school. The staff carpark is not very big for a primary school that has lots of children attending. The carpark does not really have a great gate which has been making the budding Future Engineering group think.
Yvette was at school bright and early on Wednesday and took the following photos at 8.30am which is when most children are being dropped off.
Busy, busy, busy!
Red traffic cones and a simple metal gate is currently used to prevent entry into the carpark from 8.30am -9am.

The simple metal gate is open before this times which can been that cars slip through and take up parking spaces and then leave after the gates open.

NOW THE BIG QUESTIONS  - HAVE WE COLLECTED ENOUGH INFORMATION TO BEGIN DESIGNING A BRIEF TO SOLVE THIS? clue: Do you think other schools would have a similar problem?IS THIS REALLY THE MOST IMPORTANT PROBLEM TO BE LOOKING AT?


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3 comments:

  1. Sarah2 April 2011 at 00:46

    I think we could talk to other schools to see if they have a similar problem and to find out how they deal with it. Titirangi Primary might be a good school to ask.
    I think this is one of the more important problems at our school beacause it is a safety issue as well as being a bit of a problem for parents.

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  2. Sufia2 April 2011 at 13:45

    I think we need more information from other people about the carpark. If we do not get more information and we design a solution it may not work. We need to ask other schools if they have a problem and see what they are doing. It is an important problem because it is also a safety issue.

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  3. Yvette7 April 2011 at 00:35

    I agree with Sarah and Sufia's comments above.

    Here are some questions that could be used to ask other schools.

    1. Have you have the same (or a similar) problem to Kaurilands School?

    2. What research did you do to find a solution?

    3. Did your solution work?

    4. Did the Teachers, Parents and Students like your solution?

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