Assessment 2 Lesson 6
Prototype Checkpoint and Evidence Catch-up 🧩
Today is a checkpoint lesson. Keep building, but also make sure your Engineering Portfolio Starter Pack matches the rover you are actually making.
Your folder should not look like a different project from your robot. The sketches, criteria and explanations need to match your current design.
Today’s goal
Update your Starter Pack evidence, check prototype progress and prepare for formal testing next lesson.
Checkpoint target
By the end of today, aim for at least 5 completed engineering entries overall.
1. Minimum Starter Pack pages to complete today
Use this lesson to close gaps before formal testing starts. Do not rewrite everything. Update the parts that need to match your real rover.
| Starter Pack page | Minimum work for today |
|---|---|
| Engineering entry tracker | Check Entries 1–6. Record whether each one is complete, absent or not yet complete. |
| Prescribed criteria | Check that mobility, object interaction, durability, component protection, testing/improvement and documentation have usable notes. |
| Self-determined criteria | Finish or refine your extra quality goals. Each one should be something you can test or check. |
| Initial design sketch - top view | Update the top-view sketch if the rover has changed. Label drivetrain, object mechanism, brain, battery, motors, cables and protected parts. |
| Initial design sketch - side/front view | Update the second view if needed. Show height, object mechanism position or any hidden parts. |
| Initial design explanation | Finish the paragraph explaining how the rover is intended to move, interact with objects and protect important components. |
| High-quality sketch - initial design | Complete a careful labelled sketch of your initial design before major testing and improvements. Show the main systems clearly. |
| Required testing overview | Read the six required tests and add any general testing notes that will help next lesson. |
2. Prototype checkpoint
Your prototype does not need to be final yet, but it should be heading toward formal testing.
3. Prepare for required testing
Next lesson you will begin formal testing. Today, make sure you know what each test is checking.
Engineering Entry 6: what a detailed entry needs
Use the entry sheet properly. Your entry should tell the story of what happened this lesson, not just list tasks.
| Entry section | What to include today |
|---|---|
| What I/we did today | Write what prototype progress you made and which Starter Pack evidence you updated. Be specific about the sketch, criteria, explanation or test overview you worked on. |
| Problem, test or checkpoint | Choose one checkpoint from today, such as whether the prototype is ready for formal testing, whether the sketches match the rover, or whether the criteria are ready to use. |
| What I noticed and thought | Explain what you observed and what you think caused the result, problem or behaviour. |
| What changed or was fixed | Describe the change you made, or explain what needs to change next if it is not fixed yet. |
| Result and next step | Record what happened after the change or check, then write the next sensible action. |
| Evidence space | Add a labelled sketch, labelled diagram, measurement, test result, code note, observation or photo reference. |
Before you leave: ask for teacher feedback/sign-off, then put the entry sheet in your clear plastic folder.
Authenticity reminder
Your Starter Pack and engineering entry must show your own thinking. You may discuss the rover with your partner, but your written evidence must be your own handwritten record.