Description
In this challenge, students will design and create a simple 4-bar linkage. This is a basic type of mechanism that mechanical engineers use in various designs (such as windshield wipers!).
✅ What You'll Get ✅
- Challenge Poster
- Description and teacher notes
- Photo examples
- 5 "Talk Like an Engineer" word cards with relevant vocabulary **includes link to Quizlet
- Talk Like an Engineer Poster
- Multiple recording options for students to follow the engineering design process: Graphic organizers (includes digital Google Slides options), 2-page Engineering Report and data collection sheet (includes digital options for Google Slides and Google Docs), and 1-page option
- Rubric and self-evaluation option
- Bonus research project
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STEM Activity Mechanical Engineering Design Process Challenge 4-Bar Mechanism
Meredith Anderson - Momgineer STEM Activities
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Highlights
Digital downloads
Grades
3rd - 12th
Subjects
Standards
NGSSMS-ETS1-2
NGSS3-5-ETS1-3
NGSSMS-ETS1-4
Pages
30+
Answer Key
Rubric only
Teaching Duration
1 hour
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Description
In this challenge, students will design and create a simple 4-bar linkage. This is a basic type of mechanism that mechanical engineers use in various designs (such as windshield wipers!).
✅ What You'll Get ✅
- Challenge Poster
- Description and teacher notes
- Photo examples
- 5 "Talk Like an Engineer" word cards with relevant vocabulary **includes link to Quizlet
- Talk Like an Engineer Poster
- Multiple recording options for students to follow the engineering design process: Graphic organizers (includes digital Google Slides options), 2-page Engineering Report and data collection sheet (includes digital options for Google Slides and Google Docs), and 1-page option
- Rubric and self-evaluation option
- Bonus research project
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Standards
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NGSSMS-ETS1-2
Evaluate competing design solutions using a systematic process to determine how well they meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
NGSS3-5-ETS1-3
Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
NGSSMS-ETS1-4
Develop a model to generate data for iterative testing and modification of a proposed object, tool, or process such that an optimal design can be achieved.
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