Posted by Allyson Greene at 3/23/2010 8:00:00 AM

The Engineering Design Process…A Way of Understanding and Making Change…..

Students in Ms. Smith’s class experienced the Engineering Design Process with the Solar Energy Race Challenge! Students had to use teamwork to develop a plan and create a method in which to melt an ice cube within 10 minutes! With careful planning and excellent teamwork skills, these students were successful in this challenge! Furthermore, we were able to brainstorm ways in which their designs could be improved for better results! This was a great example of how kids are great engineers!

Plan

It looks like a great plan!

Team planning

Building the plan

Building and checking our plan…are we following what we decided to try to do?

A group of engineers testing their design…can they get the ice to melt?

Another group testing their design

Looking at some results….