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Week 1 Activities
Week 1 Activities
ACTIVITY 1.1 — WHAT IS ENGINEERING?
ACTIVITY 1.1 — WHAT IS ENGINEERING?
Objective:
Students will understand what engineering is, recognize that design must consider users, and participate in a hands-on design challenge that introduces the engineering design process.
Activity 1.2: Ready, Set, Design Challenge
Activity 1.2: Ready, Set, Design Challenge
Objective:
Students will apply design thinking through a hands-on challenge by brainstorming, building, and presenting a prototype using limited materials.
Activity 1.3: Design Challenge Game (Explore)
Activity 1.3: Design Challenge Game (Explore)
Objective:
Students will explore real-world problems, identify user needs, and begin developing a problem statement by engaging with a design challenge focused on clients and constraints.
What is Design Thinking?
What is Design Thinking?
Key Vocabulary
Key Vocabulary
Define mode: Define mode is the mode that explicitly expresses the problem that one strives to address.
Design thinking: Design thinking is the process of creating something to solve a problem.
Empathize mode: Empathize mode is the mode to understand the values of others.
Ideate mode: Ideate mode is the mode in which one creates new concepts and ideas.
Prototype mode: A mode in which one gets ideas out of one's head and into the world. It is an example object that demonstrates the same features and qualities as the final product.
Test mode: Used to gather feedback, refine solutions, and continue learning about users.
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