Design a Toy to Teach Potential Energy

Julie & her team have been chosen to build a stapler that will staple at least 20 pages easily and won’t jam. Julie & her team has done research into the problem and they have chosen what they think is the best design. According to the Engineering Design Process, what is probably the next step for the team?

• test the prototype

• redesign the prototype

• pick a prototype

• build a prototype

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

A candy company wants to create new packaging that is easy to open and is recyclable. The engineers develop 5 different packages for the candy. Based on the Engineering Design Process, what is the next step?

• build prototypes and test them

• select the design they think is best and then build a prototype

• evaluate the results and improve the design

• ask questions about the problem and do research

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

Tommy & his friends notice that the packaging of their favorite candy is hard to open. When it rips open, the candy flies out and lands on the floor. If they are in the imagine step of EDP (Engineering Design Process), what would they be doing?

• brainstorming new candy packaging ideas

• building prototypes of the wrapper

• improving their solution

• taking data on how their solution performs

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

Students have bags of popcorn to take to a cross country meet to sell on a chilly day. The students know they need a device to keep the popcorn from getting cold for 2 hours. They have a $20 budget. Which step of the EDP does this demonstrate?

• making, testing, & evaluating a prototype

• Conducting research & drawing diagrams

• Brainstorming ideas

• Identify a problem

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

A company is creating a new video game controller. What is part of the testing and evaluating stage of designing a video game controller?

• redesigning the video game controller

• creating a commercial for the video game controller

• drawing diagrams of the video game controller

• having different video game players try the controller out on different games

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

Students in Mrs. G’s & Ms. T’s classes have been given a challenge to launch a marshmallow as far as possible.

Students realized their marshmallows weren’t going very far and noticed other teams were going farther. They decide to change their design. Which step is being described?

• Improve the design

• Research the need or problem

• Test & evaluate the solution

• Communicate the solution

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

Students in Mrs. J’s & Ms. K’s classes have been given a challenge to launch a marshmallow as far as possible.

Students look online to see how other students have built catapults and what makes them throw things further instead of higher. What step is this?

• Test and evaluate the solution

• Construct a prototype

• Improve the design

• Research the need or problem

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

Students in Mrs. P’s & Ms. T’s classes have been given a challenge to launch a marshmallow as far as possible.

The students brainstorm as many ideas as they can.

What step is this?

• Communicating the solution

• Improving the design

• Imagining different solutions

• Testing & evaluating the solution

Mary is trying to create a motorized pencil sharpener for her engineering design project. What kinds of things should she do during her research step?

• trying to figure out why her design didn't work

• building a prototype

• looking up motorized pencil designs online

• deciding if the solution meets the requirements

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

Students in Mrs. J’s & Ms. T’s classes have been given a challenge to launch a marshmallow as far as possible.

The students select the best solution and build a catapult based on their drawing. Which step is this?

• Researching the need or problem

• Constructing a prototype

• Improving the design

• Conducting research and drawing a diagram