Seesaw Exhibit Team Project

Over the course of a semester, my team and I designed and built an adjustable seesaw exhibit for the children’s Discovery Space to demonstrate principles of static equilibrium in an interactive way. The exhibit was developed to be safe, engaging, and easy for children to use while still clearly showing how balance changes with different weights and positions. We progressed through multiple stages, including an alpha 1, alpha 2, and final prototype, making improvements at each step based on testing and feedback, all while staying within a $50 budget. Most components were constructed using woodworking techniques, with additive manufacturing used for the weighted blocks as needed. I designed and 3D printed half of the blocks we used and we put sand inside of them in a secure manner in order to have 4 different weights for the blocks. As part of the final deliverables, I created a complete CAD model of the exhibit to accurately represent the design and assembly. Screenshots of the design are shown in Appendix A in the Documentation for Appendices (see link attached).