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Lesson 65 of 84 ยท Engineering and Design

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Recording What We See (Part 4)

Recording What We See (Part 4)
๐ŸงชLab Brief #65

Engineering and Design.

๐ŸŽฏ Your mission

Learn the rule. Then catch nature using it.

โšก The twist

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

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Mind = Blown

๐Ÿš€ 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

Comparing means looking at two or more things and finding what is the same and what is different.

Key Words

  • measure
  • compare

Steps

Step 1 โ€” Read

Talk about what you already know about Engineering and Design.

Step 2 โ€” Do

Design a container that keeps an ice cube from melting for as long as possible.

Step 3 โ€” Observe

Compare what happened to what you predicted.

Step 4 โ€” Record

Tell the class one thing you learned today.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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What should you do if your experiment doesn't work?

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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

โ€œWhat's something around the house you'd redesign โ€” and how?โ€

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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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Send it to a parent who's looking for a 10-minute kitchen science win.

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