Description
These free resources provide educators with a STEM-focused, low-budget, step-by-step engineering design process (EDP) example with project-based learning (PBL). The problem to solve for students is to build a prototype of a seaworthy aluminum watercraft to hold as much cargo (pennies) as possible. The STEM story is The Three Little Pigs!
The files included are:
- GRASPS Scenario for the Aluminum Watercraft Problem (12 slides)
- Vocabulary Terms and Materials List for the Aluminum Watercraft Problem (4 pages)
- Poster of the Engineering Design Cycle, 4 General Steps (1 slide, 8.5″ x 11″)
- Poster of the Engineering Design Cycle, 12 Specific Substeps (1 slide, 8.5″ x 11″)
- Engineering Design Process (EDP) Steps Explained for the Aluminum Watercraft Problem (1 page)
Check out the Engineering Design Process Example blog post at Vistathink.com for a full explanation of the Engineering Design Process.
Engineering Design Process Example - STEM Story with PBL
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Description
These free resources provide educators with a STEM-focused, low-budget, step-by-step engineering design process (EDP) example with project-based learning (PBL). The problem to solve for students is to build a prototype of a seaworthy aluminum watercraft to hold as much cargo (pennies) as possible. The STEM story is The Three Little Pigs!
The files included are:
- GRASPS Scenario for the Aluminum Watercraft Problem (12 slides)
- Vocabulary Terms and Materials List for the Aluminum Watercraft Problem (4 pages)
- Poster of the Engineering Design Cycle, 4 General Steps (1 slide, 8.5″ x 11″)
- Poster of the Engineering Design Cycle, 12 Specific Substeps (1 slide, 8.5″ x 11″)
- Engineering Design Process (EDP) Steps Explained for the Aluminum Watercraft Problem (1 page)
Check out the Engineering Design Process Example blog post at Vistathink.com for a full explanation of the Engineering Design Process.
