How Do Engineers Use the Design Process?

Why do scientists follow the design process?

• To find solutions to problems

• To understand how Earth formed

• To practice making measurements

• To use one solution for every problem

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What is the purpose of a prototype?

• To gather data

• To identify a problem

• To communicate results

• To test a design

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If engineers design a prototype and it is NOT working, what will the engineers do next?

• Communicate their results

• Start from the beginning

• Improve the design and test it again

• Change the results so it looks like the prototype worked

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What problem did adding air conditioning to cars solve?

• Car engines got too hot during the summer

• People got too cold inside cars during the winter

• People got too hot inside cars during the summer

• The car radio got too hot during the hot summer days

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What problem did building this bridge sove?

• Roads must be built

• People need to drive their cars across water

• Two cars need to drive on the same road

• Drivers want their cars to travel farther using the same amount of gas

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Step 1 of the Design Process is...

• Find a problem

• Plan and build a prototype

• Test and improve the prototype

• Redesign the prototype

• Communicate the solution

Step 2 of the Design Process is...

• Find a problem

• Plan and build a prototype

• Test and improve the prototype

• Redesign the prototype

• Communicate the solution

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Step 3 of the Design Process is...

• Find a problem

• Plan and build a prototype

• Test and improve the prototype

• Redesign the prototype

• Communicate the solution

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Step 4 of the Design Process is...

• Find a problem

• Plan and build a prototype

• Test and improve the prototype

• Redesign the prototype

• Communicate the solution

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Step 5 of the Design Process is...

• Find a problem

• Plan and build a prototype

• Test and improve the prototype

• Redesign the prototype

• Communicate the solution

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