GEMS 101
Engineering Design Process
Observation
Circuits
Elephant Toothpaste
100
Each student should be wearing a _______ given to them in order to be easily intentifiable.
What is lanyard/badge
100
This skill is very important for working with a team and progressing a project.
What is communication?
100
Different people noticed different things. This is one of the reasons working with a ________ is important.
What is a team/group?
100
This lights up when you power it with electricity.
What is an LED (light)?
100
What tool is used to measure mass?
What is a balance or scale?
200
This is missing from the lab safety shower that your shower at home would normally have.
What is a shower drain?
200
This is the first step of the engineering design process
What is Define/Identify the Problem
200
This is the skill we used to gather information before asking questions.
What is observation?
200
This component provides electricity to your circuit.
What is a power source/battery?
200
Which ingredient allows for the creation of all of the bubbles in the elephant toothpaste?
What is soap?
300
In the lab, you should be wearing ______ shoes and ________ (type of clothing for your legs).
What is closed-toed, pants
300
After creating a prototype, you should do this next?
What is to test the prototype (to see if it meets the requirements)
300
True or False. Observation is a skill that is purely for scientific purposes.
What is false?
300
Why do you use wires when working with circuits?
What is because they can carry electrical current from a power source to components of your circuit?
300
What is the scientific term for the bubble (dip) in a beaker/graduated cylinder that you measure liquids from?
What is a meniscus?
400
Where do we keep our lunches?
Outside on the shelf
400
What are some reasons why you should build a prototype?
What is because it may be more cost-effective, you can iron out any issues that might not be seen without a prototype, and you can show the feasibility of your design.
400
Most people used this sense during observations
What is sight?
400
Why might you use resistors in a circuit?
What is because you might not want to send too much electricity into a certain component. You might damage/fry/explode said component! X_X
400
What two components react in the elephant toothpaste reaction?
What are yeast and hydrogen peroxide?
500
How many NPM's are there?
12 NPM and 1 Lead
500
True or false; once you have a working solution, you have completed the engineering design process.
What is false, you can always improve upon your design
500
People used this sense the least during observations.
What is taste?
500
What is the orientation of the connected rows/columns in your breadboard in order to allow electricity to flow?
What are the outside columns connected, inside rows connected?
500
What type of chemical reaction happens in the elephant toothpaste experiment?
What is decomposition?