Engineering design process

Thomas Edison used the engineering design process to:

• Invent a safer alternative to candles

• Improve an existing light bulb design

• Demonstrate the danger of electric lamps

• Replace light bulbs with electric lamps

What is STEM?

• Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math

• Sandwiches, tacos, eggs, and mango

• Science, Teachers, Enjoy, Marching

• Science, Technology, Economics, Music

What is the last step of the engineering design process?

• Test

• Sell

• Improve

• Create

A prototype is best described as:

• A burst of inspiration

• An abstract design

• A model

• A final product

STEM has been updated to STEAM. What does the A stand for?

• Architecture

• Abacus

• Art

• Arithmetic

Another name for each new version of a prototype is called:

• iteration

• plan b

• criterion

• constraint

A prototype that does not work perfectly on the first try, is:

• a failure and should be thrown out

• a normal part of the the engineering design process

• embarrassing so you should quit trying

• proof that this is a bad idea

Technology:

• solves a problem or makes work easier

• always uses electricy

• always requires computer programing

• was invented in 2015

What is the correct order for the first three steps of the the engineering design process?

• Imagine, identify, plan

• Imagine, plan, identify

• Plan, identify, imagine

• Identify, imagine, plan

The engineering design process can be used to:

• Design physical products

• Design processes

• Improve existing inventions

• All of the above