Any system that cannot be directly observed and easily understood.
What is blackbox
100
A three-dimensional construction designed to explain or represent how something works.
What is physical model
100
True or False.
A design team can be improved with the ideas of different people.
What is true
100
What propelled our go-carts?
What is rubberbands
100
What is a bearing?
What is a place where other parts of a device revolve or rotate on.
200
A representation that explains how something is built or how it works.
What is a model
200
Connects and disconnects a circuit.
What is switch
200
Why do we work with black boxes and humdingers?
What is sometimes science tries to explain things that cannot be seen.
200
What is a design team?
What is a group of people working together to come up with ideas on how to make something
200
What did your go-cart wheels need to have on the ground to help them go?
What is traction/friction, used rubber bands
300
Explanations that are expressed in drawings, words, or mathematics.
What is conceptual model
300
The way something is put together.
What is design
300
What property or properties does a humdinger share with a doorbell?
What is, i.e. they both have a bell
300
What is the process we need to go through when we are making a new design?
What is draw, build, test, evaluate, change design, test, etc...
300
Look at the board and tell me which of them are models
What is 1 and 3
400
When scientists share ideas and solutions.
What is collaborate.
400
Uses scientific knowledge to design useful things.
What is engineer.
400
What property or properties does a humdinger share with a desk lamp?
What is i.e. they both you electric energy, have circuits,
400
What happens if I double the size of my wheel?
What is, you will double the distance your cart will go.
400
Look at the board, which of them is the best model? Why?
What is number 1 because it is the most detailed.
500
An unbroken pathway along which electricity flows.
What is circuit.
500
Rod that connects to the wheels so they can turn.
What is axle
500
What is the difference between building a scientific model and creating a design in engineering?
What is their purposes are very different. A scientific model helps use learn about how something works. A design in engineering increases our scientific knowledge to make something that usually will help people live better.
500
What property or properties does a humdinger share with a go-cart?
What is i.e. they use similar materials
500
What is the name of Mrs. Bockholt's daughter and how do you spell it?