Engineering and Technology Vocabulary

something you are trying to solve

• engineer

• constraint

• criteria

• problem

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

A group technique used for solving problems, getting ideas, and creative thinking by participation in discussion

• engineer

• brainstorming

• problem

• criteria

The desired elements and features of a product or system and usually relate to their purpose or function

• criteria

• problem

• constraint

• brainstorming

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

A limit to the design process; a limitation or restriction.

• problem

• criteria

• constraints

• engineer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

A person who is trained in and uses technological and scientific knowledge to solve practical problems

• constraint

• criteria

• problem

• engineer

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

Study of materials and sources in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions

• criteria

• research

• problem

• constraint

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

A process that repeats a series of steps over and over until the desired outcome is reached

• research

• constraint

• criteria

• iterative

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

A full scale working model used to test a design concept by making actual observations and necessary adjustments

• constraint

• prototype

• criteria

• engineer

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

The ability or pwer to create

• civil engineering

• constraint

• criteria

• creativity

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

Using knowledge, tools, and systems to make our lives easier and better

• iterative

• technology

• criteria

• constraint

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4