For the past five weeks team 8A has been working very hard on a project called "World in Motion II," which is what students call "the toy project."  All students worked in groups of three or four, which were randomly selected by teachers.  The objective was to build a toy to sell to a toy retailer.  The toy was to be built keeping a six to ten year old girl's interest in mind. At the beginning of the project the students received a pretend "Request for Proposal" by a make-believe company called Mobility Toys.  The groups then came up with a team name, logo, and slogan.  In order to find out what their target audience wanted them to build, the students interviewed elementary students from C.B. Smith Elementary School.  They then took the results from the interview, and used it to build the toy.   \   At the end of the project, the students put together an oral presentation.  The presentation was then presented to Caterpillar engineers.  The oral presentation also included a demonstration of that company's toy.  Along with the oral presentation, the companies also had to write a written proposal.       This project taught many things in the time that it took place.  It taught many people how to work with people they did not know, or for some reason did not get along with that person.  Although, the main focus on this project was to give students a chance to learn what it is like working in the real world:  meeting deadlines, overcoming challenges, and following through with projects.      
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