Engineering Design Process
This is a place to log ideas, drawings, and reflections.
What is a STOMP Notebook?
This is what the egg represented
What is the alien?
This is what we used to build our chair for Mr. Bear.
What are Legos?
Will goes to this school.
What is Tufts?
Which one of us is Matt? (Tell us by describing what Matt is wearing)
It's me
These people use their understanding of the world to solve problems. (and are a group of people that we talk about alot)
What are engineers?
A parachute uses this force to slow down a lander.
These pipe-like pieces are helpful to make your chair fold.
What are pins?
Will is a wiz at this programming "language" that you used for the robo-bees assignment.
What is Scratch?
This is where Matt goes to school
What is Tufts?
Name two steps of the Engineering Design Process
Ask, Research, Imagine, Plan, Create, Test, Improve
You needed to show Will or Matt this before you got your materials.
What is a plan/diagram?
This is the objective of the Robo-Bees project.
What is collecting lots of pollen?
Will plays this sport from Harry Potter.
What is Quidditch?
This is where Matt is from.
What is California?
Is failure ok? Why or why not?
It's ok because engineers are constantly improving their designs to match their expectations. Failure is a natural part of the design process.
You did this step of the Engineering Design Process when you dropped your egg in Alien Landing
What is the Test Phase?
Footballs are _. This word describes something that flies or moves through the air smoothly. Hint: the word starts with 'A'.
What is aerodynamic?
Will speaks this foreign language.
What is German?
This is Matt's age
Name an example of you using the Engineering Design Process without realizing it
Almost everything you did in our lessons.
Cotton balls and felt helped increase ____ and protect your lander.
What is cushioning?
How did the Communication Towers challenge relate to the challenges faced by real engineers?
When you work in groups, you need to communicate over email, with people that speak different languages, and with other communication difficulties.
Will is a fan of this video game series.
What is Pokemon?
What video game did Matt say he likes playing in the letter he wrote to you all, and on our first lesson?
Mario Kart