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Solving Everyday Problems Using the Engineering Design Cycle
| Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
|---|---|
| Author | Wilson-Lopez, Amy Sias, Christina M. |
| Copyright Year | 2017 |
| Description | Students walk through two real-life at-school “problems” that are solved by using the engineering design process—teacher desk/homework organization and student locker organization. Doing this prepares students to identify and solve their own real-world engineering challenges to everyday problems at home, school and in the community—including an optional provided open-ended, project-based hands-on activity extension to make locker organizers on a $3 budget using scrap materials. Student handouts and slide presentation provided. Students are introduced to two real-life problems that can be solved by using the engineering design process. For the first one, they follow along with a slide presentation that describes how a group of students built an organizer to help organize their teacher’s desk. The presentation introduces students to the key steps in the engineering design process. Next, in discussion groups, they read through a scenario in which middle school student Marisol struggles to keep her locker organized. They read the case study together, stopping and discussing at key points to share ideas and consider Marisol’s progress as she moves through the engineering design cycle to design and implement a solution. As an optional hands-on activity extension, students construct their own locker organizer using scrap materials. This introduction to the engineering design process sets up students to be able to conduct their own real-world design projects. A case study handout, group leader discussion sheet and slide presentation are provided. |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Utah State University Regents of The University of Colorado |
| Subject Keyword | Science and Technology |
| Content Type | Text Video |
| Time Required | PT2H |
| Education Level | Class VI Class VII Class VIII |
| Pedagogy | Experimental Activity Lecture cum Demonstration |
| Resource Type | Hands-on |
| Subject | Technical |
