WorksheetsPLTW D&M lesson 1.1 vocabulary
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
The answer to a problem or opportunity.
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Orthotist
Team Norms
A medical professional who helps patients who require body braces, called orthoses, to support their backs, legs, or feet.
Orthotist
Decision Matrix
Team Norms
Collaboration
A tool for comparing design solutions against one another, using specific criteria that are based on project requirements.
Design Process
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A systematic problem-solving strategy that designers follow to come up with a solution to a problem.
Design Process
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Guidelines that are developed by a team regarding how they are to interact, communicate, and conduct themselves as part of the team.
Team Norms
Collaboration
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Working together on a common purpose.
Collaboration
Team Norms
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An accurate representation of an object or phenomenon. Models can be visual, physical, mathematical, or computational and are often used in the development of scientific theories or the engineering of artifacts.
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A condition that affects body movement and coordination. It is caused by brain injury or brain malformation that occurs before, during, or immediately after birth when an infant’s brain is still developing.
Cerebral Palsy (CP)
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Spastic hemiplegia is a neuromuscular condition in which muscles on one side of the body are in a constant state of contraction.
Spastic hemiplegia
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A brace that corrects alignment or provides support to correct a disorder of the limbs or spine
Orthosis
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