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Criterion E: Evaluation!

The Ger Districts are poor and have little to help them. When we went and visited the Bayan Zurkh district, we saw that people were living terribly. Their gates were made out of anything they could use, scrap metal, old tires, etc, they had to go to a water station and will up water in containers and carry them back to their ger. What did they have to help them carry those water containers? Old, rusty, worn out trolleys that help them a little. We went with Mr. Chilton, Mrs. Wilson, and Mr. Tvrdik, and Sukhee was heir to give us a tour. All of them gave us information and facts about Bayan Zurkh. The whole class walked around the area, and saw the condition these people were living in and we decided to help them. The next week, we went to a family’s property and helped them move in. We started on fixing the gate and putting new posts in, and building new fences, also we started to dig a hole for the outhouse they would use. We got about a foot into the ground and we switched jobs. Then we got another foot deeper and we left it there. For our project, we had to choose some technology they had, and improve or change it to something better. What I am trying to do is build a better, more effective working trolley to help these people get their water easier and faster. What I designed was a solid box, made of some sort of strong plastic, and 2 wheels at the back for more control, handles sticking out the end, and a pole sticking out the bottom, acting as a brake. The pole would have a rubber bottom, for more grip on the ground wherever it is. The wheels would be the same as bicycle wheels, and the handles would have a grip on the end of it so that the person holding it could feels comfortable. The person would put their container in the box, and carry it back to their ger or house easily. I thought this would be a good thing to choose because a regular family, who has usually 4 or 5 people living in a ger, has to go to a water station, fill up their containers (they usually had 2 or 3) and carry it back to their house at least once a day. This must get tiring and a difficult job to do over time. I think my trolley would help enormously with carrying water. Maybe sometimes they have to carry water twice. What now? You use the new and improved trolley! Much easier. To test my creation I thought I would build it, and show the people living in ger districts if it was a good idea or not. Or at least draw a diagram and show it to them. Then, using the results to see if it would work or not.

Criteria B: Final Design

So my design was a water trolley. My design was a box shape, for extra hold, and has 2 wheels at the back. The wheels would be the same as a bicycle wheel. The trolley has better handling and carries water faster and efficiently. It has a pole sticking out of the bottom for a type of brake. It has rubber at the bottom for more grip to the floor. The trolley has handles on the back of the box, and rubber around that too. The box will be made out of maybe steel, for the strength, but production will be hard. So maybe plexiglass will work. The trolley will be about a meter and a half long, and a meter wide. A half a meter high, and the box will be a half a meter high. Kind of simple, and practical.

Final Design Picture