Design Process Part 2 and Wangari Maathal

The Design Process Part 2 and Wangari Maathi

Let's Review!

Multiple Choice

Design solutions are ___________ perfect at first.

• often

• rarely

• improved

• testing

Multiple Choice

Through ____________ trials they can be ______________.

• tested, often

• repeated, ruined

• repeated, improved

• rarely, improved

Multiple Choice

The kinds of improvments that need to be made can be determined by ___________.

• improved

• rarely

• testing

• repeated

Who is Wangari Maathai?

Watch this short video clip and write down key details about her life that are shared. Be ready to share them with us when you return.

Open Ended

What are 2 details you remember about Wangari Maathai from the video?

Kenya is on the continent of Africa

Here's a closer look at Africa and where Kenya is located within the continent.

What is unique about Kenya?

In Kenya, there is limited space that can be used for farming because most of the soil lacks nutrients

Wangari Maathai educated the world about the impact of erosion and deforestation.

Multiple Choice

What is deforestation?

• growing trees in an area that doesn't have any

• cutting down trees in an area

Impact in Kenya

Erosion and deforestation in Kenya were two engineering problems that the Green Belt Movement was designed to solve.

The engineering design process could be appliced to large problems like this, just like we did in our path design problem.

What were some constraints that we had on our pathway problem?

Multiple Select

What are some constraints that limit the solutions to these problems of deforestation and erosion in Kenya? Select all that could apply.

• climate

• availability of young trees to plant

• food

• money

Criteria

For our pathway problem we set the criteria of:

• making it safe
• reducing erosion
• using minimal materials

Open Ended

What criteria for the deforestion and erosion issues in Kenya should we consider?

If you are interested in learning more about her work, read this!

I hope we can find time to enjoy it together soon!