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Overview
• Why?
• Constraints
• Funding
Safety
• Features of a safe playground
Safety
• Who is liable?
• Minimizing liability.
Location
• Large central location
• Decentralized installations
• Or both
Central Locations
• Eastman courtyard
• Mass Ave. Areas
Eastman Court
Eastman Court
Mass Ave Areas
Non-central locations:
• EC courtyard
• New House• Next House• Tang
Design
• Designed with simple physics kinematics experiments in mind
• Equipment can form the basis for an 8.01 Laboratory assignment
• Instructions and explanations on plaques for visitors
Design
• Slide - coefficient of friction
• See-saw - torque and levers• Swings - pendulums, harmonic motion• Merry-go-round - angular momentum• Jungle gyms - crystal lattice structures
Eastman Court
Eastman Court
Eastman Court
Eastman Court
Funding
• MIT budget
• Corporate sponsors
• On Campus Funding bodies: UA, GSC, others.
Summary
• Improves Mental Health
• Improves School Spirit
• Feasible to implement