This activity demonstrates the concept of 'cycle time' within a basic assembly line, which is the time it takes to assemble a part or product. Work that is done to build skateboards is simulated through videos and animations, allowing students to experience the basic steps of the manufacturing, or assembly, process. Students can calculate the time it takes to assemble various parts of the skateboards well as the entire skateboard. Students can also gain an appreciation for how changing, or redesigning, the work can impact the cycle time.
K-12 STEM Activities (REMS): Activities
Contemporary Manufacturing
Skateboard Assembly – Cycle Time
Curricular Subjects:
Multiplication; division; calculate averages; rates; % change; ratios; units of measure; impact of variability - mean, standard deviation, outliers.
Skateboard Assembly – Line Balance
This activity demonstrates the process of 'balancing' an assembly line, which is designing the same amount of work content, or time, at each workstation. Work that is done to build skateboards is simulated through video and animation, allowing students to experience the basic steps of the manufacturing, or assembly, process. Students can learn how changing the work being done at each workstation, or changing the number of people working, can impact the flow of the assembly line.
Curricular Subjects:
Multiplication; division; calculate averages; rates; compare data vs. observation; hypothesis testing; impact of variability - mean, standard deviation, outliers.
Skateboard Assembly – Performance Testing
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Distribution and Logistics
Meal Picking and Assembly
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Ergonomic Design
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Household Container Recycling
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