Unit 1 Lesson 2 : What is the Design Process?

What is the Design Process?

By the end of our next few lessons you'll be able to use the engineering design process to find a good solution to the problem of experiencing nature in the world but not damaging the environment.

Multiple Select

What is the first step in the engineering design process?

• brainstorm, evaluate and choose a solution

• define the question

• build a prototype

• test your solution

Imagine...

you are a park ranger walking. As you get closer to the High Top Hill, it's getting harder to walk uphill because there's a deep trench worn in the path and some of the soil on the path seems to be washed away. How could you solve this problem?

Turn to page 1 of your science noteook 

*What do you think a good solution for the problem could look like?
*What would you need to do before you start to build?
*What are some things that would limit your design?
*How would you know if your solution was sucessful?

Next, you are going to watch a short video to learn how engineers define a problem.

• What do engineers do to define a problem? ( write it down as you listen)

• Watch the video and then come on back ready to share.

Open Ended

What do engineers do to define a problem?

So, we need to learn more about this before we can come up with a solution.

Our problem is building or repairing a path up the steep High Top Hill in the park

What do you want to know before you start to design the path?

Multiple Choice

What do you think we need to know more about?

• weather in that area

• land features in the area

• materials we can use

• time you have to build

• all of these

Quizlet Practice

Go to Schoology and practice the vocabulary from this unit. Focus and when you feel you know them and are ready for a quiz, complete the exit ticket in Schoology.