Towards the beginning of the year, the STEM class was assigned to make a Prezi. But this was no ordinary presentation about some boring topic, it was about evolution. Evolution of a product. The product that I chose was the bike. I was then assigned to research its very first appearances in the world to the current appearance. It is truly astonishing to see how dramatically how the Design Process works. Prezi was used because it is an application that allows us to be more creative and unique about our presentations.
The design process is a series of steps that people like engineers take to succeed in creating inventions and improvements. There are a total of seven steps to the design process. But here's the catch, the design process is like a wheel. It keeps on repeating itself. Here are the seven steps to the design process.
1. Identify the question or problem
Find out what could be fixed or benefit lives.
2. Research the problem
Learn more about the idea and look at existing technology related to the problem
3.Develop possible solutions
Start to come up with ways that can solve the problem
4. Select the best solution
Choose the solution that will most likely solve the problem
5.Build a prototype
Make the design that matches the solution
6. Test and evaluate the prototype
Try out the prototype to see if it works and solves the problem
7. Improve the design if needed
If the design fails or lacks completion of the problem find ways to improve the original design to make it better.
Like mentioned earlier, the class was assigned to create a presentation using Prezi. In the Prezi to the left you'll see how the bike has been through the design process and what it used to look like. It had some incredible and unbelievable changes throughout history! Want to find out more about the bike's evolution through history? Click on the embedded document to the left to read more!
Isn't it incredible to see how the bike has changed from 1817 to now!? It is truly shocking how much could change. Now we have different types of bikes for different purposes. Anyways, this project introduced the engineering field to the students so we could see the changes that engineers make over the years.