About the Lab Class
Our class plant's name.
What is Doug?
Which one would most of your classmates rather do: Talk or listen?
Talk (*but it was almost 50/50)
Their primary function is to solve problems.
What is an engineer?
This is the resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over another.
What is friction?
The two favorite subjects of most classmates.
What are math and science?
Which would most of your classmates rather do? Know what to expect or be surprised?
Be surprised (*but it was almost 50/50)
This describes the rules of an engineering problem.
What is the criteria?
This is a force which tries to pull two objects toward each other.
What is gravity?
This is something we use in class to make entries about the engineering design process.
What are lab notebooks?
Which would most of your classmates rather do? Write well or draw well?
Draw well
This describes the limits of an engineering problem.
What is a constraint?
This is the measure of the steepness and the direction of the line. It
What is slope?
This is the one rule we have for our class.
What is respect?
Which would most of your classmates rather do? Only eat their favorite food every day or never eat their favorite food again?
Only eat their favorite food every day.
This step in the engineering process creates a detailed sketch of the idea.
What is the plan?
The FIRST zip lines were used to do this.
What is to cross rivers in China?
Our class should bring these every Friday to class.
What are our Chromebooks?
Where would Mrs. Giuseffi rather be: the beach or the mountains?
What are the mountains?
This step in the engineer process makes enhancements of modifications to the prototype as needed.
What is the improve step?
This is called the Jebel Jais and can be found in the United Arab Emirates.
What is the world's longest zip line?