All about EDP
The steps that engineers take to solve problems.
The Engineering Design Process
In this stage, you explain in detail the features of your product and the process you used to create it.
Communicate
The "needs" of the design. If you were an engineer with a business, this is what the client would tell you they wanted to be in the design.
Criteria
To make something better
A person who uses science, math, and creativity to solve problems.
An engineer
In this stage, you see how your prototype performs. You take data and make observations.
The test stage.
When you change something.
Modify
This part of the design process is called an ______, because when you are an engineer with a business, when a client comes to you with a problem they need solved, they _____ you to develop a solution.
The problem or challenge that needs to be solved.
The engineering design task/ask
This stage of the engineering design process is when you identify the problem and define criteria and constraints.
The ask stage.
A ______ uses familiar objects to represent unfamiliar things. A _______ can help you visualize, or picture in your mind, something that is difficult to see or understand. A _______ can help scientists communicate their ideas, understand processes, and make predictions.
Model
The limitations. Examples of limitations can be materials, cost, size, etc.
Constraints
Why is it important to fail early and fail often during the engineering design process?
When you fail quickly and often, it helps you to make the best product sooner because you can make changes along the way.
In this stage of the EDP, you make changes to your model based on your data/observations and get ready to test again.
Improve
A working model used to run tests and collect data.
Prototype
A new version of your prototype
Iteration
What are the steps of the engineering design process in order?
Ask, imagine, plan, create, test, improve, communicate.
In this stage of the EDP, you brainstorm ideas, conduct research, and make sketches.
Imagine
When you make the best choices to develop the best solution, using the smallest amount of materials and time to develop the best product, you __________ your process.
Optimize
Give three reasons why data collection is important in the engineering design process.
Your three logical reasons, supported with evidence.