Two students were talking about how to mix materials to make a good play dough. The girl said they could mix flour and water. The boy said they could mix salt, flour, and water. They thought of more ideas, too. Which step of the Engineering Desing Process were they working on?

• Identify the problem

• Explore

• Build

• Improve

Two students were trying a small helicopter together. They attached blades to the top and made them spin. They then released the prototype helicopter from the top of a building to watch it fly. Which step of the engineering process were they working on?

• Design

• Test

• Improve

• Share

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If your class has dirty whiteboards and you need an automatic solution that would be simple and cheap, but the constraints are the high cost to make it. What is the meaning of the word constraints?

• to repeat

• prototype

• communicate

• limitations

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In order to test a new design, engineering teams need to create ___.

• data

• criteria

• protototypes

• technology

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After testing a prototype, things need to be changed to make it better. Which step in the design process is this?

• communicate

• redesign

• improve

• plan

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In some cases prototypes need changes and modifications with each iteration. What is the meaning of the word iteration?

• To repeat

• To eat the prototype

• To leave it

• To share it

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In which step of the engineering design process do we begin to iterate?

• Test

• Identify the problem

• Share

• Improve

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Every solution begins by clearly defining the problem/challenge. To do this we _____.

• fix the problem

• ask questions

• give up

• start testing the problem

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In engineering, what does it mean to make a model?

• draw your ideas

• build the prototype

• present your design

• dress up

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The last step of the engineering design process is to share your solution to your problem. What are different ways you can communicate your results.

• presentation

• poster

• demonstratioin

• all of the above