EDP- Defining Problems

What is a difficulty, need, or situation that needs to be dealt with and overcome?

• Engineering Design Process

• Problem

• Solution

• Prototype

Designing and building solutions to fix or improve problems is...

• The scientific method

• An experiment

• The engineering design process

What question(s) you should ask yourself when defining a problem?

• What is the problem or need?

• Who has the problem or need?

• Why is it important to solve the problem?

To better understand a problem, you should look for people who have a similar problem.

• True

• False

When looking for information to better understand a problem, you should not research existing solutions to the problem.

• True

• False

Give an example of a problem you think can't or shouldn't be solved and explain why.