Lesson 55 of 84 · Engineering and Design
Lesson⭐ 30 XP🛠️ Engineer ShopWhat Is a Prototype? (Part 3)
Engineering and Design.
🎯 Your mission
Learn the rule. Then catch nature using it.
⚡ The twist
The first design always fails. That's the point.
Mind = Blown
🚀 The Saturn V rocket burned 20 tons of fuel per second at liftoff.
Make a hypothesis first
Guess: what's the weakest part of this build?
What You'll Learn
A prototype is an early version of something you are building. Test it, then make it better!
Key Words
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Steps
Talk about what you already know about Engineering and Design.
Design a container that keeps an ice cube from melting for as long as possible.
Compare what happened to what you predicted.
Tell the class one thing you learned today.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3What should you do if your experiment doesn't work?
Where you see this in real life
Every bridge, building, and gadget you've ever used started with this.
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life this week.
Find something that's broken at home and try to figure out *why* it broke.
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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