Engineering Showcase
Youth communicate their knowledge of remote sensing devices and the information they gathered about the Mystery Moon at the Engineering Showcase.
Guiding Question
How can we share information about our remote sensing technology design with others?
TimingSetup
The Educator Guide has a script, materials list, and prep directions. Be sure to have it open and ready to help guide you through every activity.
- Post the Engineering Design Process poster.
- Arrange the Space Screens as in Activities 4 and 5.
- Create a Materials Table with the materials from Activity 4.
- Invite people from the community (including families and friends of youth) to the Engineering Showcase, and assign roles using the Scientist Cards.
Youth Will Know
- Communicating with others is an important part of the Engineering Design Process.
- As engineers, they have valuable knowledge to share about the problem they have solved.
- They can communicate their recommendations based on the data they collected with their remote sensing technologies.
Youth Will Do
- Prepare a final presentation.
- Recommend a site using the data they have gathered as evidence.
Did you know?
Engineers and scientists present their discoveries and inventions all the time at professional conferences around the world. In academia, this is called scholarship.
Quick Tips
- If you do not have an opportunity to brief the visitors playing the scientists, have one or more youth provide a summary of the different missions.
- Ask questions to help youth accurately communicate their results.