1. Mouse Trap Car Project 1 Mouse Trap Car Improvements Lakeland regional High School October 27-28, 2015

2. Mouse Trap Car Project2 INSPIRATION When I was a graduate student one particular lesson really caught my attention ……….

3. Mouse Trap Car Project3 INSPIRATION One of my professors talked to us about Sony Corporation I am sure you all have heard of the company….

4. Mouse Trap Car Project4 INSPIRATION - SONY Maybe you have one of their electronics products… Or TV’s Or radios… Or something else

5. Mouse Trap Car Project5 Sony cont’d  But he told us a story that while on one floor of a high rise building …  A team was proudly unveiling a new product ……..  Just a few floors above another team…  Was working on a new product that would absolutely make the just unveiled product obsolete…

6. Mouse Trap Car Project6 MORAL OF THE STORY … Don’t be afraid to always look for ways to improve your design… If you think your mouse trap is “the bomb” Make sure there is nothing you can do to improve it That is what the design process is for …

7. Mouse Trap Car Project7 New TV show airs Sunday night There are six miniseries stories … There are six miniseries stories … Designed to quite simply… Designed to quite simply… Change the world… Change the world… It is called “Breakthroughs” It is called “Breakthroughs” Look for it 8 or 9 PM Look for it 8 or 9 PM If you watch it and write a summary about it- I will give you some class time to do so … If you watch it and write a summary about it- I will give you some class time to do so … You will receive extra credit worth a 40 pt Quiz You will receive extra credit worth a 40 pt Quiz

8. Mouse Trap Car Project8 We will in just a few watch a video… Some of you may have seen it … Some of you may have seen it … But as you watch it- do not be But as you watch it- do not be Afraid to innovate…. Afraid to innovate…. Imagine… Imagine… Think out of the box…. Think out of the box…. Envision… Envision… And Improve… And Improve… Now here is the video…. Now here is the video….