STEM Agenda Week 29/4 – 9/7

Agenda 9/4

• Design Process Pre-Assessment

• Engineering Notebooks– Design Process Notes

DESIGN PROCESS

PrototypeTest and EvaluateResearchCommunicate ResultsImprove DesignChoose Best IdeaDevelop IdeasBrainstorm

Agenda 9/5

First 2 or 3 people in classroom: please pass out Engineering Notebooks

• Engineering Notebooks– Finish Design Process Notes– Video/Notes (30 min)– Discussion

Description Example

Define the Problem

Brainstorm

Research

Develop Ideas

Choose Best Idea

Prototype

Test and Evaluate

Improve Design

Communicate Results

Design Process Presentation

Design Squad Video Notes

Describe challenge

List Criteria & Constraints

Brainstorm

Research

Develop Ideas

Choose Best Idea

Prototype

Test and Evaluate

Improve Design

Communicate Results

Agenda 9/6

• Finish Design Squad Video– Notes– Discussion– Reflection

• Add to Notebooks– Design Process– Notebook Grading Rubric– Design Elements Concept Map

Design Squad Reflection

• 1. Why do we use a design process?

• 2. Which stage in the design process do you think is most important? Why?

• 3. Teamwork is an important part in completing projects and design challenges. If you were working on a team, how would you contribute to the team?

• 4. Which team won the challenge that you viewed? Based on what you saw, how would you explain their success?

Agenda 9/7

• When you get your notebook – Finish Pasting Concept Map & Others if

not done– Mrs. Davis signs notebooks

• Discuss Reflection Questions • Design Elements Notes

– (Concept Map)

• Yike Bike?

Design Elements Presentation

Design Elements Concept Map

Yike Bike

• Things to consider…– What makes the Yike Bike appealing?– Would the Yike Bike make sense in

Ridgefield?– What kinds of places make the most

sense for a Yike Bike?– What do you think about the Yike Bike?

• YIKE BIKE VIDEO