What is Engineering?
Youth engage in an engineering design challenge using an Engineering Design Process (EDP).
Setup
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.
- Print and post the EDP Poster.
- Get the Message from the Duo ready.
- Make card samples (Engineering Journal p. 2).
Listen Up!
A Message from the Duo
Youth Will Know
The Engineering Design Process is a tool they can use to help solve problems.
Youth Will Do
Engineer an index card tower that can support a stuffed animal.
Did you know?
Use duct tape much? You probably engineer more than you think. Anytime you design a makeshift tool because you don’t have exactly what you need, you are engineering.
Quick Tips
- Find and be ready to play the Messages from the Duo.
- Alternatively, print the Messages from the Duo from the Educator Guide and hide under somebody’s chair as a “secret message” that needs to be found and read.
- In wrap up, identify each step of the EDP used in the activity.