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Avocado Harvester

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What the work shows

The class visited two orchards to ascertain problems and issues the owner had. This work shows how two groups of students meet the orchard owner's need for a device to harvest avocados.

The following sections detail the work, and indicate what was achieved at each stage.

For classroom background and teaching and learning sequence, see The learning context.

Identifying client requirements Identifying client requirements
Generating ideas to meet client requirements Generating ideas to meet client requirements
Use of mock-ups to test ideas Use of mock-ups to test ideas
Developing a prototype Developing a prototype
Final outcomes Final outcomes

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