Lesson 14 of 84 · Engineering and Design
Lesson⭐ 30 XP🛠️ Engineer ShopThe Design Process
Engineering and Design.
🎯 Your mission
Understand the idea. Then look for it everywhere.
⚡ The twist
Constraints make you more creative, not less.
Mind = Blown
🛠️ The first computer bug was a literal moth stuck inside a machine in 1947.
Make a hypothesis first
Before you test: how many tries until it works?
What You'll Learn
The engineering design process: identify the problem, brainstorm ideas, build, test, and improve!
Key Words
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Steps
Look at the picture and read the labels.
Make a parachute from a plastic bag and string. Drop it from a height and time how long it takes to land.
Draw a picture of what you observe.
Share your results with a partner.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3What tool do you use to measure how heavy something is?
Where you see this in real life
Your phone, your bike, your shoes — all designed with this idea.
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life this week.
Build something — anything — out of stuff in your recycling bin.
For the dinner table
“What's something around the house you'd redesign — and how?”
Next Smart Experiment
We'll pick an experiment that matches exactly how you're thinking right now.
Share this experiment
Send it to a parent who's looking for a 10-minute kitchen science win.
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