Engineering Steps
What is the second step of the Engineering Design Process?
What is Research the problem/Generate Concepts?
It is important to sketch detailed drawings/blueprints and ask for feedback. This happens during which step of the Design Process?
What is Generate Concepts? (or Brainstorm)
What model have we created and tested in class?
What is a paper airplane or spaghetti tower?
This computer programming language is a block based language.
What is Scratch? (Or Snap)
The students in a class are making a scale model. They need a material that they can easily bend into a circle. Which of the following objects is best for the students to use? a) Copper wire b) Glass wire c) Lead pipe d) Wooden stick
What is copper wire?
What is the third step of the Engineering Design Process?
What is Develop a Solution? (or Plan)
In which step of the Design Process would you discuss questions such as: Has the challenge been met before? If so, how? If not, why not? What additional information is needed to meet the challenge?
What is Define the Problem? (Or Ask)
A scientist is using a special camera to take pictures of animals that visit a pond at night. The camera is very expensive and is easily damaged by water. The camera will be left at the pond for a month to take pictures. Which of the following describes the best way to protect the camera while it is taking pictures at the pond? a) attach the camera to a floating raft on the pole. b) Engineering Method and Technology c) place the camera in a sealed, clear plastic container on a pole d) hang the camera by a rope from a high tree limb over the pond
What is place the camera in a sealed, clear plastic container on a pole?
What is the fourth step of the Engineering Design Process?
What is Create and Test a Prototype? (or Create)
Julie presented an idea for recycling empty milk cartons to her principal. If she followed the engineering design process, what was the first step in developing her idea? a) communicating the results of her research b) creating a prototype c) identifying the specific problem
What is identifying the specific problem?
Cameron is shopping for a new desk. He wants to make sure the desk will fit in the corner of his room. When Cameron shops for the new desk, which of the following will best help him make sure that the desk will fit? a) a picture showing the carpet in his room b) a diagram of the measurements of his room c) a drawing showing how to put a desk together d) a list of tools he needs to put the desk together
What is a diagram of the measurements of his room?
What is the fifth step of the Engineering Design Process?
What is Evaluate the Solution?
The students in an engineering class built a robot that stacks wooden blocks. A built-in computer controls the movement of the robot. The computer in the robot performs a function most similar to which part of the human body?
What is brain?
What is the sixth step of the Engineering Design Process?
What is Present Solution?
What is the melting point of ice in Fahrenheit?
What is 32 degrees?
Which of these is the best example of an assistive technology that helps a person overcome a disability? a) a computer program that can change text into spoken words b) an oven that contains a fan that moves hot air around c) a television with a button that can lower the volume d) a telephone that records digital voice messages from callers
What is a computer program that can change text into spoken words?
Which of these could be described as a technological process? a) biologists' knowledge of how viruses work. b) the way in which the human body fights off infections. c) the change that occurs when plants use sunlight to make food d) the researchers who work to develop synthetic fuels
What is the researchers who work to develop synthetic fuels?