Proposal

First, I am required to read the "Arguments" section of the University of North Carolina's Writing Center before I answer #1 of the Initial Proposal assignment below. Next, in order for me to understand how to develop my argumentative thesis, Springfield Township library resources refers us to thesis resources on the web at the Writing Center's of Dartmouth College, Indiana University and Harvard University. Finally, to better understand how to progress with setting goals for myself and/or planning (#6, 9, 10 and 11) my Research Paper and Project, I can refer to the University of Toronto's Organizing an Essay.

__Initial Proposal__ 1. Identify the argument of my topic's thesis: Deliberately over-engineering a machine to perform a simple task help students learn the fundamentals of engineering and physics principles. 2. Why do I want to research this topic for my Project? Eventually I want to make my own Rube Goldberg Machine and learn more about physics and engineering statics and principles myself. I plan on going to Temple for engineering. 3. Why do I want to do this Project? I hope to create my own version of a Rube Goldberg. 4. Who should be involved in negotiating the problem/issue? Mr. Ardner, Mr. Canning and Zayda 5. What action should be taken to resolve this problem/issue? I will conduct research about previous Rube Goldberg inventions and statics. 6. Why does this topic have a significant impact on society? It helps emerging students learn more about principles of engineering so that they will have more skills for the real world. 7. To which larger class(-es) of issues or events does my topic belong? or How does the topic I explore have a domino effect into other issues/areas/subjects? The skills I will develop when trying to make my Rube Goldberg will help me later on in the field of engineering. I can use basic principles to help develop things that use tension, load and work force. It helps with Engineering sciences and statics. 8. How am I tentatively planning my Project? [Indicate six general goals and how I can achieve them.] 1.) Research history of Rube Goldberg Machines 2.) Research who he was. 3.) Research how simple machines use statics 4.) Research Ideas for making my own machine 5.) Design and build my own machine 6.) Make a PowerPoint presentation of information 9. How am I tentatively planning to complete my research for my paper? [Indicate four general goals and how I can achieve them.] 1.) Rube Goldberg the person 2.) Simple machine ideas 3.) Trig and statics 4.) steps to create my own Rube Goldberg 10. Identify the subtopic areas of research (nouns verbs and adjectives from mind map) needed to be addressed for the Project and research. Machines, Engineering, Physics, Simple Task 11. Which are four sources which can serve as my topic overview sources? What three sources can serve as my research keystone? Wikihow, Wikipedia, Perdue.edu, RubeGoldberg.com, Science Resource Center, Bathtub Physics, 175 science experiments to amuse and amaze your friends : experiments, tricks, things to make 12. What do I anticipate this Project involving, in terms of work, time and resources? or How is this Project a personal stretch for me? I need to dedicate my own time to make a portable, however intricate machine that performs a simple task. I have to test it rigorously and make sure all the parts work and can be transported to school. 13 .What issues/challenges can I foresee? I hope that the machine I make works correctly without my assistance and can be assembled in school. 14. How can I consider negotiating the identified problems? I will need to test my invention multiple times to add, get rid of and modify my Rube Goldberg so that it works correctly.