Water in Extreme Environments: Activity – Engineering A5

Introduction: 5 min
Plan: 5 min
Improve: 35 min
Reflect: 10 min

55 min. Total

• Post EDP Poster
• Post Extreme Environments Quality Chart, p.48
• Create a Materials Store with remaining filter materials
• Copy and distribute Engineering Showcase Invitations, p. 59
• If needed, replenish samples & copy new reuse plan cards, p. 53

Improve (in engineering): To make a process better than the first design. Examples include something being cheaper, easier, better at producing results, etc.

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Youth improve their process to better meet the criteria of their extreme environment.

• If groups struggled in Activity 4, use this as additional time to meet criteria.
• If groups accomplished criteria in Activity 4, use budget contraints to improve the process.

Today we improved our water reuse process. Not getting it the first time helps make technology better.

We can improve technologies we have designed.