Great Overview of Applying Engineering Design

Shedding Light on Engineering Design was a wonderful resource to begin the exploration of creating lessons that are based on standards using Engineering Practices, such as standard 3-5-ETS1... See More

Shedding Light on Engineering Design was a wonderful resource to begin the exploration of creating lessons that are based on standards using Engineering Practices, such as standard 3-5-ETS1-2: “ “Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem” (NGSS, 2015). One of the things that stood out to me in this article was the idea of creating an engineering design brief. The brief includes the description of the context of the problem, the targeted end user, the client, the problem and the requirements for the design. This brief helps students to take on the role of the engineer and helps to create an entry point into the lesson. This article gave me some great insights on how to develop an engineering lesson for my fifth grade students.

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This article definitely provides insight as to how an engineering design task should be seen in a classroom. The article also provides a link for a rubric, trade books, and other resources o... See More

This article definitely provides insight as to how an engineering design task should be seen in a classroom. The article also provides a link for a rubric, trade books, and other resources one might use in the classroom.

Engineering Design

In including the Engineering part of STEM, it is essentional to include the engineering design schema to the process instead of (or in addition to) the Scientific Method. This article was t... See More

In including the Engineering part of STEM, it is essentional to include the engineering design schema to the process instead of (or in addition to) the Scientific Method. This article was targetted for the elementary teacher but any science teacher could benefit from the process described. I enjoyed the article and will probably include the process when I cover the more familiar Scientific Method in my classes.

Using UV Beads in Engineering

This article gives a very detailed description of using engineering design along with scientific inquiry. Students were given a real world engineering design challenges to solve using easil... See More

This article gives a very detailed description of using engineering design along with scientific inquiry. Students were given a real world engineering design challenges to solve using easily available materials including UV beads. The article gives step by step instructions on how to do the activities. A more detailed discussion of how some of the student solutions worked would have been useful to clarify understanding of the students results.