Engineers
Lights
Engineering Design Prototype
Assorted Topics
Thinking outside the box
100

What do engineers do?

What is solve problems?

100

What do you need to consider when designing a string of lights?

What are criteria and constraints?

100

What is the first step of the engineering design process?

What is "understanding the problem?"

100

When did Thomas Edison live?

When is 1847-1931?

100

What do computer engineers do?

What is design new computer systems?

200

What does the word criteria mean?

What is "what is needed for a solution"

200

What are tools?

What are instruments needed to help design or build?

200

What is the second step of the engineering design process?

What is "understand the problem thoroughly"?

200

What was Thomas Edisons problem (from the elements of the engineering design process)?

What is the filament would burn out?
200

Which design is better for manufacturing long strings of lights—series or parallel?

What is parallel circuits?

300

What is one criteria for a string of lights?

What is all the bulbs are lit or when one bulb burns out, the rest remain lit.

300

What is a prototype?

What is a first model  of a design?

300

What is the third step of the engineering design process?

What is plan the solution?

300

How can we observe energy?

What is motion , heat, and light?

300

How can you light two bulbs brightly with one D-cell?

What is a parallel circuit?

400

What are constraints?

What is "design limits"

400
Which president was involved in the Watergate Scandal?
What is Nixon?
400

What is the fourth step of the engineering design process?

What is "build the solution"?

400

What does a generator do?

It generates electricity

400

What would be constraints for a portable lighting system in a place without electricity?

What is answers will vary?

500

What are some constraints for a design for a string of lights?

What is cost, accessibility, or safety.

500
Which president was so large that he frequently got stuck in his bathtub?
What is Taft?
500

What is the fifth step of the engineering design process?

What is test the solution and evaluate its performance?

500

What is a battery?

What is a portable source of energy?

500

What are constraints for a portable lighting system in an area without electricity?

What is answers will vary

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