Engineering Design Process

Which word best describes a constraint?

• option
• opportunity
• limitation
• goal

Which step includes brainstorming?

• Improve
• Imagine
• Plan
• Create

Which step would you Sketch and Draw out your idea

• Improve
• Imagine
• Plan
• Create

What is the First Step of the Engineering Design Process

• Testing Solutions

• Designing Solutions

• Identifying the Problem

• Planning Solutions

When generating a solution, a designer creates either a model or a ________________.

• drawing
• report
• design brief
• prototype

You try, you fail

you try, you fail

you try, you fail

It's OK if you fail as long as you keep doing this step in the engineering design process...

• Think about why you failed

• Quit

• Improve upon failure points

• Create a new problem

What order do the steps of the Design Process go in?

• Identify Problem, Plan Solutions, Create Model, Test Model, Reflect and Redesign

• Imagine, Ask, Plan, Improve, Create, Communicate

• Ask, Plan, Create, Imagine, Improve, Communicate

• Ask, Improve, Communicate, Brainstorm, Create, Plan

What is the main goal of the design process?

• To write reports
• To make things
• To make charts and graphs
• To find solutions to problems

You begin to create a prototype of your design only to find that your solution isn't working at all. What should you do?

• Add more tape

• Go back to an earlier stage and choose another solution

• Blame your partner

• Keep going and hope it will be ok

Share with others.

• brainstorm

• communicate results

• plan/create

• evaluate

• state the problem/challenge