PLTW Puzzle Design Brief

A local office furniture company throws away tens of thousands of scrap hardwood cubes from the result of their manufacturing process. This previous sentence is the beginning of the _______________________.

• Design Statement

• Constraint Statement

• Client Statement

• Problem Statement

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

The target consumer age for the puzzle cube system is ___________________.

• PreSchool

• Middle-school age

• High School age

• Elementary age

The scrap hardwood cubes measure ________ of an inch on each edge.

• 3/4

• 1/2

• 4/5

• 2/3

Who is the client?

• You and your team

• Fine Office Furniture, Inc.

• Middle-school age students

• PLTW

The puzzle system will be designed using _________ hardwood cubes.

• 12

• 15

• 34

• 27

The puzzle system designed and created will contain exactly _________ puzzle parts.

• 4

• 5

• 6

• 7

No two puzzle parts can be the same.

• True

• False

The amount of scrap that is discarded from Fine Office Furniture's process represents a sizable loss of ______________.

• Pizza

• Furniture

• Revenue

• Profit

Design, build, test, document, and present a 3d puzzle system that is made from scrap hardwood cubes. This previous sentence is an example of a ___________________.

• Design Statement

• Deliverable Statement

• Brief Statement

• Challenge Statement

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

Each individual puzzle part must consist of _________________ hardwood cubes that are permanently attached.

• 6

• 3-5

• 4

• 4-6