Class Procedures & About Mrs. H
Engineering Design Process
Roller Coaster Forces
Electricity and Circuits
Vocab & Thinking
100

What is your STREAM teacher’s favorite Starbucks drink?

What is iced coffee? pumpkin spice latte, iced mocha, vanilla latte, etc.)

100

Which step is when you test your design to see if it works?

What is Test?

100

What force pulls objects toward Earth?

What is gravity?

100

What is the path that electricity follows called?

What is a circuit?

100

A model or first version of a design is called a ___.

What is a prototype?

200

How do you earn rewards or stickers in STREAM class?

What is STREAM Teams?

200

What step is when you build your model or prototype?

What is Create?

200

What force slows things down when two surfaces rub together?

What is friction? 

200

What object provides energy to a circuit?

What is a battery?

200

The information you collect during an experiment or testing a design is called ___.

What is data?

300

Where are the shared class supplies located?

What is the back of the classroom?

300

Which step is when you think of many possible solutions?

What is Imagine?

300

When a roller coaster is moving fast as it goes through a loop, what type of energy does it have?

What is kinetic energy?

300

What component is used to turn a circuit on and off?

What is a switch?

300

A limitation such as time, materials, or cost is called a ___.

What is a constraint?

400

How do you get dismissed at the end of STREAM class?

What is sit quietly and wait for Mrs. H to dismiss you?

400

What step is when you identify the problem and constraints?

What is Ask? (or Define the Problem)

400

What type of energy does a coaster have at the top of a hill?

What is potential energy?

400

What kind of circuit has only one path for electricity?

What is a series circuit?

400

The things your design must do to solve the problem are called ___.

What are criteria?

500

Where is Mrs. Hurtado go to college?

What is the University of Florida (GO GATORS)?

500

After testing, what step is when you make changes to your design?

What is Improve?

500

Why does a roller coaster need a tall first hill before it can make it through loops and turns?

What is to gain enough speed (energy) to complete the ride?

500

What kind of circuit has more than one path for electricity?

What is a parallel circuit?

500

Why do engineers test prototypes before finalizing designs?

What is to find problems and improve the design?

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