This last week in the STEM Pathways class was very exciting! The students were introduced to their very first engineering challenge. First, we learned the Engineering Design Process---the process engineers use to create technologies that help solve problems.
The steps in the Engineering Design Process are:
Ask
Imagine
Plan
Create
Improve
The students were challenged to build a tower that can hold a model astronaut that would be honored at a party. The criteria for their tower was that it had to be at least 10 inches tall, and hold the model astronaut for 10 seconds. Their constraints were their materials (note-cards and tape) and time (20 mins).
Check out some of the model towers below!
-Mrs. A
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