Engineering Design Process

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Students would like to sell cold drinks to raise money for a field trip. They need to keep the drinks cold for 3 hours at the ball game. Which step of the engineering design process are the students at?

Imagining possible solutions

Identifying a problem

Testing and Evaluating

Improving the design

When following the engineering design process, the different steps can occur in what direction?

In any direction, including going back to previous steps and repeating steps

Clockwise

Counter-clockwise

Both clockwise and counter-clockwise

After creating a prototype, the next step would be to _______ ?

After identifying the problem you want to solve, you should next conduct    _______    to see what is already known about the problem.

A working model that is used to test a design is known as a  _______ ?

Is there a set number of times you should go through the engineering design process steps before your are finished?
Explain.

Heath wants to develop a new light bulb, so he looks up information about the light bulbs. Heath is _______ .

A team of engineers is asked to design earbuds for less than $2 in 4 weeks. Identify constraint(s):

a. Designed to appeal to children

b. Cost less than $2 to produce

c. Design within 4 weeks

d. Both b and c

The final step in the design process is:

 Select an approach

 Create/build a prototype

 Identify the problem

 Improve and report out or share your results

The first step of the design process is:

Brainstorm solutions

Create a hypothesis

Research the problem

Identify the problem (Ask)

Elon Musk wants to build a new type of spacecraft for transporting people to the International Space Station. What should he do first?

test the prototype

build a model

evaluate the design

identify design specs (criteria) and constraints 

What is a prototype?

a list of steps

a pro engineer

a robot

a model

Why do engineers test and retest their designs?

improve the constraints

spend money

improve designs

build more models

T or F: The main goal of the design process is to find solutions to problems.

True

False

Someone who designs and builds something to solve a problem is called

a client

a scientist

a teacher

an engineer

Your car must be balloon powered. It must travel 3 meters. It must drive in a straight line and stay in the 24" wide lane. These are examples of ???

modifications

constraints

solutions

criteria

Time, cost, and materials are all examples of possible _______  ?

Your laptop won’t connect to the internet. First you try to turn the WI-FI off and back on. Next, you restart your computer. Last, you check the router and see that it is not working. You are _______ .

Define the problem
Test it
Develop/Imagine possible solution
Communicate your design
Do your research
Build a prototype
Design/Plan your solution

Ask questions about the problems you observe
Learn from the experiences of others to find out about exsiting solutions and to avoid mistakes
Brainstorm different solutions to the problem
Sketch or blueprint possible solutions
Build an operating model of your design
Try out your design
After your design is perfected, share your results with a wider audience

Students would like to sell cold drinks to raise money for a field trip. They need to keep the drinks cold for 3 hours at the ball game. Which step of the engineering design process are the students at?

Imagining possible solutions

Identifying a problem

Testing and Evaluating

Improving the design

When following the engineering design process, the different steps can occur in what direction?

In any direction, including going back to previous steps and repeating steps

Clockwise

Counter-clockwise

Both clockwise and counter-clockwise

A team of engineers is asked to design earbuds for less than $2 in 4 weeks. Identify constraint(s):

a. Designed to appeal to children

b. Cost less than $2 to produce

c. Design within 4 weeks

d. Both b and c

The final step in the design process is:

 Select an approach

 Create/build a prototype

 Identify the problem

 Improve and report out or share your results

The first step of the design process is:

Brainstorm solutions

Create a hypothesis

Research the problem

Identify the problem (Ask)

Elon Musk wants to build a new type of spacecraft for transporting people to the International Space Station. What should he do first?

test the prototype

build a model

evaluate the design

identify design specs (criteria) and constraints 

What is a prototype?

a list of steps

a pro engineer

a robot

a model

Why do engineers test and retest their designs?

improve the constraints

spend money

improve designs

build more models

T or F: The main goal of the design process is to find solutions to problems.

True

False

Someone who designs and builds something to solve a problem is called

a client

a scientist

a teacher

an engineer

Your car must be balloon powered.    It must travel 3 meters.   It must drive in a straight line and stay in the 24" wide lane.  These are examples of ???

modifications

constraints

solutions

criteria

Define the problem

Test it

Develop/Imagine possible solution

Communicate your design

Do your research

Build a prototype

Design/Plan your solution

Ask questions about the problems you observe

Learn from the experiences of others to find out about exsiting solutions and to avoid mistakes

Brainstorm different solutions to the problem

Sketch or blueprint possible solutions

Build an operating model of your design

Try out your design 

After your design is perfected, share your results with a wider audience

Engineering Design Process

Engineering Design Process

Is there a set number of times you should go through the engineering design process steps before your are finished?Explain.

Students would like to sell cold drinks to raise money for a field trip. They need to keep the drinks cold for 3 hours at the ball game. Which step of the engineering design process are the students at?

When following the engineering design process, the different steps can occur in what direction?

Is there a set number of times you should go through the engineering design process steps before your are finished?Explain.

A team of engineers is asked to design earbuds for less than $2 in 4 weeks. Identify constraint(s):

The final step in the design process is:

The first step of the design process is:

Elon Musk wants to build a new type of spacecraft for transporting people to the International Space Station. What should he do first?

What is a prototype?

Why do engineers test and retest their designs?

T or F: The main goal of the design process is to find solutions to problems.

Someone who designs and builds something to solve a problem is called

Your car must be balloon powered. It must travel 3 meters. It must drive in a straight line and stay in the 24" wide lane. These are examples of ???

Is there a set number of times you should go through the engineering design process steps before your are finished?
Explain.

Is there a set number of times you should go through the engineering design process steps before your are finished?
Explain.