Lesson 47 of 84 · Engineering and Design
Lesson⭐ 30 XP🛠️ Engineer ShopForming a Hypothesis (Part 3)
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
A hypothesis is a testable prediction about what will happen in an experiment. A good hypothesis is specific and based on prior knowledge or observations.
Key Words
- variable
- control
Steps
Read the introduction and identify the main idea of this lesson.
Design a device that can protect an egg from a 2-meter drop. You may use paper, tape, straws, and cotton. Test it and improve your design.
Use your senses (except taste) to describe what you notice.
Write a summary of your findings in 3-5 sentences.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3What is the dependent variable?
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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