Lesson 5 of 10 · Engineering and Design

Experiment⭐ 30 XP🛠️ Engineer Shop

Engineers Solve Problems

🧪Lab Brief #5

Engineering and Design.

🎯 Your mission

Predict it first. Then prove yourself right (or wrong).

⚡ The twist

Every solution creates a new problem. That's good — that's the next project.

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Mind = Blown

🌉 The Eiffel Tower can grow 6 inches taller in summer because metal expands when hot.

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Make a hypothesis first

Predict: which design will hold the most weight?

What You'll Learn

Engineers design solutions to problems. They make things that help people every day!

Key Words

Tap a word to see its definition.

Materials Needed

aluminum foil
pennies

Safety First

Have an adult check your set-up before you start, and tidy everything away afterwards.

Steps

Step 1 — Read

Look at the new words. Can you say each one?

Step 2 — Do

Design a boat from foil that can hold the most pennies without sinking.

Step 3 — Observe

Draw a picture of what you observe.

Step 4 — Record

Share your results with a partner.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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What is the first step when solving a problem?

How sure are you going to be?😐 maybe

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Where you see this in real life

Every bridge, building, and gadget you've ever used started with this.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Find something that's broken at home and try to figure out *why* it broke.

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For the dinner table

“What's something around the house you'd redesign — and how?”

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