Vocabulary
A person who designs and builds things to solve problems.
What is an engineer?
The first step of the engineering design process where you identify the problem.
What is “Ask”?
When you test something three times and get similar results, you are looking for this.
What is a pattern?
Scientists use this tool to find the mass of an object.
What is a balance (or scale)?
The challenge where we built with paper and tested with coins.
What is the Paper Bridge Challenge?
A first model of something that is tested and improved.
What is a prototype?
This step comes after you test your prototype and find out it doesn’t work well.
What is “Improve” or “Redesign”?
To study information carefully to understand it.
What is analyze?
Scientists use this tool to find the mass of an object.
What is a balance (or scale)?
On Tuesday, we tested these three times to collect data.
What are paper airplanes?
Facts or information that show something is true.
What is evidence?
Rules or requirements that a solution must meet.
What are criteria?
This is why engineers test their designs multiple times instead of just once.
What is to collect more evidence/data and identify patterns to make better improvements?
This tool measures the volume of liquids.
What is a graduated cylinder?
On Thursday, we designed these to roll marbles from start to finish.
What are marble runs?
The difference between qualitative (uses words like “rough”) and quantitative (uses numbers like “5 cm”).
What are two types of observations/data?
Name all six steps of the engineering design process in order.
What are Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, Test, and Improve?
When Maya’s first bridge collapsed, she used this to decide how to redesign it.
What is evidence from her test?
Being exact and accurate in measurements.
What is precision?
This is our essential question: How do scientists and engineers use testing, evidence, and redesign to solve _______ problems?
What are real-world problems?