Impromptu Taco Party
Vocabulary
Scientific Method
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EDP
100

The step in the Engineering design process that includes posting pics of your sick Tacos to The Grams.

What is Communicate Results?

100

A journal, either physical or virtual, where an Engineer keeps their notes and designs for a particular project.

What is an Engineering Notebook?

100

The educated guess made to predict the outcome of an experiment.

What is a Hypothesis?

100

A limit or restriction that must be followed when designing a solution. It could be something like a budget, a time limit, available materials, or size restrictions that affect how the design is created. 

Constraint

100

The step in the Engineering Design Process where the prototype is evaluated.

What is Test?

200

This part of the Engineering Design Process happens when you realize you are hungry and have friends coming over soon.

What is Define the Problem?

200

The art of creating a technical drawing used to give dimensions and a general visual of a prototype design. Usually drawn in various pencil thicknesses on graph paper with a date and Engineer's signature.

What is Drafting?

200

The first step of the Scientific Method, which is centered around writing these down and documenting them.

What is Observe?

200

What is the purpose of the Engineering Design Process

To Find a Solution to a problem

200

Can also be called a limit. These are identified during the second step of the engineering design process and can include materials, money, or people involved.

What are Constraints?

300

The supplies used to build or create an Engineering Design. In this case, they include ingredients such as corn tortillas and hot sauce.

What are Materials?

300

The programs and applications used to control and manage a physical system. An example of this might be Adobe Photoshop, Google Docs, or Spotify.

What is Software?

300

The step in the Scientific Method where the hypothesis is tested.

What is experiment?

300

Name 3 types of Engineering Jobs

Chemical Engineer

Electrical Engineer, Biomedical Engineer, Plastic Engineer, Civil Engineer...

300

Fill in the blank: Select the most ___________ solution.

What is Promising?
400

The steps taken to find or create possible solutions to a problem through iterative steps that results in a working prototype. This is much like an impromptu taco party.

What is the Engineering Design Process?

400

To determine the significance, worth, or condition of; usually by careful appraisal and study.

What is Evaluate?

400

This step in the Scientific Method is similar to evaluating a prototype, but is used to determine the outcome of an experiment. 

What is Draw Conclusions?

400

A group of people who are at a higher risk of harm, difficulty, or disadvantage because of factors like their age, health, economic status, or social situation. This group might include children, elderly people, people with disabilities, or those living in poverty. They may need extra support or protection to ensure their well-being.

Vulnerable Population

400

The repetitive process of doing the same thing over and over again for a certain number of times.

What is Iterate?

500

The step in the Engineering Design Process where Peanut Butter and Jelly are added to two corn tortillas.

What is Prototype?

500

The physical components and peripherals of a system or design. This could include a CPU or keyboard for a computer system or nails and hinges in a mechanical system.

What is Hardware?

500
This step is not found in the Engineering design process and is focused on trying to discover an existing solution to the problem, or build on a previously tested hypothesis.

What is Background Research?

500

Energy that comes from the movement of tiny particles (atoms and molecules) inside a substance. The faster these particles move, the more heat energy the substance has, and the hotter it feels. When you heat something up, its particles move faster, increasing its heat energy. Heat energy is what makes things warm or hot, like when you heat a pot on the stove or feel the warmth from the sun.

Thermal Energy

500

The step in the Engineering Design Process where multiple solutions are suggested and developed as possible options for a problem. This can include drawings, notes, and basic diagrams. 

What is Brainstorm?