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OBJECTIVE
The objective of this lesson is to have the student companies put
the final touches on their prototypes and presentations. The may
notice small pieces they need to redesign or rework in their prototypes
or presentations from the previous session. This is a final opportunity
to prepare for the final presentations with the panel of judges.
BACKGROUND FOR THE TEACHER
The eighth step of the engineering design process (highlighted below)
allows an engineer to redesign or rework their solution. This step
follows the step of communicating the solution so that they can
use the feedback from such communication to improve their solution.
The Massachusetts Science and Technology Frameworks describe the
engineering design process as the 8-step process below:
Step 1—Identify the Need or Problem
Step 2—Research the Need or Problem
Step 3—Develop Possible Solution(s)
Step 4—Select the Best Possible Solution(s)
Step 5—Construct a Prototype
Step 6—Test and Evaluate the Solution(s)
Step 7—Communicate the Solution(s)
Step 8—Redesign
It is important that the students are fully prepared with their
powerpoint presentation and have prototype to demo.
STANDARDS ADDRESSED
2.1 Identify and explain the steps of the engineering design process,
i.e., identify the need or problem, research the problem, develop
possible solutions, select the best possible solution(s), construct
a prototype, test and evaluate, communicate the solution(s), and
redesign.
2.3 Describe and explain the purpose of a given prototype.
MATERIALS
Computer with PowerPoint and ROBOLAB: 1 per group
LEGO Mindstorm kits: 1 per group
SETUP
Guilding the Activity
“Today you will finalize your prototype and presentation for
the final presentations you will be presenting in front of our panel
of judges on (specify date)!”
Assist the students in finishing their projects and manage the time
of this final session accordingly. The students may be doing some
final testing and evaluating and may need to do some small redesign
work.
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