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This is an overview of the requirements for the final museum project. Below the team requirents is a more complete description of Part 2 requirements. 

Final Infrastructure Museum Requirements
Team
Requirements

Alexis/Tori
Part 1 - Maintaining Public Parks

• Slideshow
  

Part 2 - Talleyrand Park

• Video and Tri-fold poster
  
  • Intro
    
  • History
    
  • Grade
    
  • Condition/Capacity
    
  • Durability/Safety
    
  • Interviews
    
  • Recommendations
    

Part 3 - Banner and Model

Seb/Logan
Part 1 - Tech and History of Manmade Lakes

• Poster
  

Part 2 - Shavers Creek

• Website - Intro, Background and History
  
• Poster - Grade
  
• Poster - Condition and Capacity
  
• Poster - Durability/Safety
  
• Online - Interview
  
• Website - Recommendations
  

Part 3 - Banner and Model

Nina/Eliza
Part 1 - Tech and History of Railroads

• Website
  

Part 2 - Scenic Railway

• Website and Video
  
  • Intro
    
  • History
    
  • Grade
    
  • Condition/Capacity
    
  • Durability/Safety
    
  • Interviews
    
  • Recommendations
    

Part 3 - Banner and Model

Rachael/
Laura
Part 1 - Tech and History of Steam Energy

• Poster - Timeline
  
• Poster - Boiler Diagram
  
• Poster - Describe how a boiler works and heats a building
  

Part 2 - Penn State Steam

• Website and Video
  
  • Intro
    
  • History
    
  • Grade
    
  • Condition/Capacity
    
  • Durability/Safety
    
  • Interviews
    
  • Recommendations
    

Part 3 - Banner and Model

• Aeolipile
  

Owen
Part 1 - Tech and History of Bridges

• Video
  

Part 2 - Spring Creek Bridges

• Video
  
  • Intro
    
  • History
    
  • Grade
    
  • Condition/Capacity
    
  • Durability/Safety
    
  • Interviews
    
  • Recommendations
    

Part 3 - Banner and Model

Tobyn
Part 1 - Tech and History of Airports

• Slideshow - Tech
  
• Slideshow - History
  

Part 2 - Mifflin County Airport

• Model of Airport with labels and mini posters that highlight all of the following information
  

• Intro - History
  
• Grade
  
• Condition/Capacity
  
• Durability/Safety
  
• Interviews
  
• Recommendations
  

Part 3 - Banner and Model

Isaiah
Part 1 - Tech and History of Roads

• Poster of Hist and Tech
  
• Poster of road building steps
  

Part 2 - Butternut Street

• Website and Videos
  

• Intro and History
  
• Grade
  
• Condition/Capacity
  
• Durability/Safety
  
• Interviews
  
• Recommendations
  

Part 3 - Banner and Model

• Model of Road
  

Brayden/Fletcher
Part 1 - Tech and History of Playgrounds

• Several Posters
  

Part 2 - Spring Creek Playground

• Website and Video
  

• Intro and History
  
• Grade
  
• Condition/Capacity
  
• Durability/Safety
  
• Interviews
  
• Recommendations
  

Part 3 - Banner and Model


Matt
Part 1 - Tech and History of Windmills

• Several Posters
  

Part 2 - Windmill Farm Sandy Ridge Farm

• Trifold Posters
  

• Intro and History
  
• Grade
  
• Condition/Capacity
  
• Durability/Safety
  
• Interviews
  
• Recommendations
  

Part 3 - Banner and Model

• Tesla Turbine
  

Ryan
Part 1 - Tech and History of Arboretums and Botanical Gardens

• Poster - Different Types
  
• Flip Book - Top 5 Botanical Gardens
  
• Website - Top 5 University Gardens
  

Part 2 - Penn State Arboretum

• Website
  

• Intro and History
  
• Grade
  
• Condition/Capacity
  
• Durability/Safety
  
• Interviews
  
• Recommendations
  

Part 3 - Banner and Model

• Model (Poinics or Arboretum
  

Trenton/Simon
Part 1 - Tech and History of Bridges

• Movie - History
  
• Poster - Tech
  

Part 2 - Ihop Bridge

• Website and Video
  

• Intro and History
  
• Grade
  
• Condition/Capacity
  
• Durability/Safety
  
• Interviews
  
• Recommendations
  

Part 3 - Banner and Model

• Paper Tower Bridge
  

Clara
Part 1 - Tech and History of Water Towers

• Poster - History & Tech
  

Part 2 - Penn State Water Tower “Water Tank 4”

• Trifold Posters
  

• Intro and History
  
• Grade
  
• Condition/Capacity
  
• Durability/Safety
  
• Interviews
  
• Recommendations
  

Part 3 - Banner and Model

• Model of water tower
  

Gabe
Part 1 - Tech and History of Ports

• Flip Books
  

Part 2 - Port Canaveral

• Website with Video
  

• Intro and History
  
• Grade
  
• Condition/Capacity
  
• Durability/Safety
  
• Interviews
  
• Recommendations
  

Part 3 - Banner and Model


Colin
Part 1 - Tech and History of Schools

• Posters of School Building Change over time.
  

Part 2 - CLC

• Posters
  

• Intro and History
  
• Grade
  
• Condition/Capacity
  
• Durability/Safety
  
• Interviews
  
• Recommendations
  

Part 3 - Banner and Model


Viv
Part 1 - Tech and History of Schools

• Poster
  

Part 2 - Coral Street Elementary

• Documentary Video
  

• Intro and History
  
• Grade
  
• Condition/Capacity
  
• Durability/Safety
  
• Interviews
  
• Recommendations
  

Part 3 - Banner and Model


Zoie/Jacob
TBA
Bereket
TBA



Specific Requirements
​ - Part 2​

Introduction

• Name of infrastructure
• Location of infrastructure
• Picture of infrastructure

History - Provide a history of the infrastructure

• State the date the infrastructure was constructed.
• Explain what the infrastructure is.
• Explain what type of infrastructure it is.
• Explain what the infrastructure is used for.
• Describe the infrastructure.
• Discuss anything special or unique about the infrastructure.
• Describe any changes that have been made to the infrastructure (over the life of the infrastructure).
• Provide detailed pictures of the infrastructure that support all of the above.

Condition and Capacity

• Using a grading scale of A through F, provide a grade for the the infrastructure based upon your assessment of the infrastructure's condition and capacity. The following information should support and explain why you gave that grade.
• Describe the overall condition of the infrastructure by examining at least 5 specific aspects of the infrastructure.
• For each of the five aspects of the infrastructure you examine...

• Identify and discuss any specific problems related to that aspect of the infrastructure.
• Provide pictures of the problems.
• Discuss how the condition of that aspect of the infrastructure attributed to the final grade.
• Provide detailed pictures of that aspect of the infrastructure that support your final grade and support the above discussion.

• Describe the capacity of the infrastructure.

• Describe the current capacity of the infrastructure.
• Describe the the capacity that the infrastructure was designed for.
• Describe the capacity that the infrastructure may have to handle in the future.
• Provide pictures or video that demonstrates the current capacity of the infrastructure.

 
 
 
 
 
Durability

• Discuss the overall durability of the infrastructure in terms of how well it can handle the demands being placed on it.
• Discuss how much longer the infrastructure can last before major reconstruction or replacement.
• Provide pictures that support your discussion of durability

Safety

• Identify and discuss any safety concerns in terms of the infrastructure.
• Provide pictures that support your safety concerns.

Interview(s)

• Complete and present an interview with someone who is directly involved or responsible for the infrastructure.
• Complete and present an interview or interviews with infrastructure stakeholders. 
• These interviews can be video or audio, but we prefer video.

Recommendations

• Recommend and describe any regular maintenance that should be done to the infrastructure.
• Recommend and describe any major repairs that need to be done to the infrastructure.
• For any problems that were identified when discussing the condition of the infrastructure, provide possible solutions. 
• Recommend and describe any future new construction that may need to be done to the infrastructure. 

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