Engineering Design Process

Technology is

• ropes connecting a parachutes canopy to its load

• the mass attached to the bottom of a parachute

• any thing, system or process that people create and use to solve a problem

• something that can be changed or varied

An engineer

• the top of a parachute that fills with air.

• a person who uses his or her creativity and understanding of math and science to design things that solve problems.

• steps that engineers use to design something to solve a problem.

• air resistance; a force that acts against an object moving through air.

Engineering Design Process

• something that can be changed or varied

• a person who uses his or her creativity and understanding of math and science to design things that solve problems.

• steps that engineers use to design something to solve a problem.

• ropes connecting a parachutes canopy to its load

drag

• air resistance; a force that acts against an object moving through air.

• thickness; how tightly packed something is

• steps that engineers use to design something to solve a problem.

• the mass attached to the bottom of a parachute

density

• steps that engineers use to design something to solve a problem.

• air resistance; a force that acts against an object moving through air.

• the mass attached to the bottom of a parachute

• thickness; how tightly packed something is.

variable

• ropes connecting a parachutes canopy to its load

• any thing, system or process that people create and use to solve a problem

• the mass attached to the bottom of a parachute

• something that can be changed or varied

canopy

• ropes connecting a parachutes canopy to its load

• the top of a parachute that fills with air.

• the mass attached to the bottom of a parachute

• something that can be changed or varied

suspension lines

• ropes connecting a parachutes canopy to its load

• air resistance; a force that acts against an object moving through air.

• thickness; how tightly packed something is.

• the top of a parachute that fills with air.

load

• the mass attached to the bottom of a parachute

• thickness; how tightly packed something is.

• a person who uses his or her creativity and understanding of math and science to design things that solve problems.

• steps that engineers use to design something to solve a problem.

David and Beth are working on a design. They are making a list of the material they will need to complete their design. Which step in the Engineering Design Process are they working on?

• Ask

• Plan

• Create

• Imagine