Lesson 6 of 10 · Engineering and Design

Lesson⭐ 30 XP🛠️ Engineer Shop

Using Your Senses

🧪Lab Brief #6

Engineering and Design.

🎯 Your mission

Learn the rule. Then catch nature using it.

⚡ The twist

The first design always fails. That's the point.

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Mind = Blown

🚀 The Saturn V rocket burned 20 tons of fuel per second at liftoff.

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Make a hypothesis first

Guess: what's the weakest part of this build?

What You'll Learn

Making observations means using your senses to gather information about something.

Key Words

Tap a word to see its definition.

Steps

Step 1 — Read

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

Step 2 — Observe

Compare what happened to what you predicted.

Step 3 — Record

Tell the class one thing you learned today.

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

Your phone, your bike, your shoes — all designed with this idea.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Build something — anything — out of stuff in your recycling bin.

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For the dinner table

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

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Next Smart Experiment

We'll pick an experiment that matches exactly how you're thinking right now.

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