Design Cycle Review

A baker asks several people to try her new cake. This is step

• 5 Revise and Redesign

• 4 Test and Evaluate

• 3 Create a Prototype

• 2 Brainstorm Options

A fashion designer makes 5 different sketches of sneakers this is step

• 1 Investigate a Problem

• 2 Brainstorm Solutions

• 3 Create a Prototype

• 4 Test/Evaluate

You believe the lunch lines are moving too slowly. This is step:

• 2 Brainstorm Solutions

• 3 Create a Prototype

• 1 Investigate a Problem

• 5 Revise and Redesign

A car company tests the brakes on the prototype and don't work. The next step is

• Investigate a Problem

• Create a Prototype

• Test/Evaluate

• Design/Redesign

Engineers know their product is successful when:

• It operates perfectly

• people like and want the product

• it answers or solves the original question/problem

• all of the above

A great way to evaluate/test a product would be to

• ask people to try the product and tell you if it works and if they like it

• investigate a problem

• design or redesign

• sell it on the internet before evaluating it

The design cycle is how

• farmers harvest crops

• scientists split atoms

• engineers solve problems

• students get to school

In the design cycle, you can go back to any step of the process to start over.

• True

• False

Which step: A home inspector comes to your newly built house to check and make sure everything is to code

• Investigate a Problem

• Brainstorm solutions

• Create a Prototype

• Evaluate/Test

Which step: A designer comes to your house to draw up several designs for your brand new bedroom

• Investigate a Problem

• Plan/Brainstorm Solutions

• Design/Redesign

• Test/Evaluate