Engineering and Design Process

Students would like to sell cold drinks to raise money for a field trip. They need to keep the drinks cold for 3 hours at the ball game. Which step of the engineering design process are the students at?

• improving design

• identifying a problem

• testing and evaluating

• imagining possible solutions

When following the engineering design process, the different steps can occur in what direction?

• clockwise

• counter-clockwise

• both clockwise and counter-clockwise

• in any direction, including going back to previous steps and repeating steps.

After creating a prototype, the next step would be to ____?

• identify the problem

• test and evaluate the prototype

• scrap the prototype and start over

• research possible solutions to the problem

After identifying the problem you want to solve, you should next conduct ________ to see what is already known about the problem.

• research

• plan

• create

• share

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

The final step in the engineering design process is to ____ your solution and results with others.

• research

• share

• prototype

• plan

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CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

Is there a set number of times you should go through the engineering design process steps before you are finished?

• Yes, at least twice

• Yes, but only one time

• No, there is not a set number