Cuyahoga Falls School District Design Process:
Imagine, Plan, Design, Improve, Share
Imagine, Plan, Design, Improve, Share
The Design Process in Action
"Whether your goal is to create a spacesuit or a wheelchair, engineers rely on the design process to guide them. It's the series of steps they use to come up with solutions.
When you see the design process in action, you'll notice that it's rarely the smooth succession of steps that the diagram above implies. The steps often overlap and blur, and their order is sometimes reversed—it's a creative, fluid way of working that has to be adapted to each individual situation. As you guide kids through the design process, you'll want to be flexible and receptive to the different approaches your kids may try."
(http://pbskids.org/designsquad/parentseducators/workshop/process.html)
Click on any of the links below to view short clips of the Design Process in action...
How an Eraser Works
Chain Reaction Machine
Cat Safety Invention
NASA Exploring the Moon
"Whether your goal is to create a spacesuit or a wheelchair, engineers rely on the design process to guide them. It's the series of steps they use to come up with solutions.
When you see the design process in action, you'll notice that it's rarely the smooth succession of steps that the diagram above implies. The steps often overlap and blur, and their order is sometimes reversed—it's a creative, fluid way of working that has to be adapted to each individual situation. As you guide kids through the design process, you'll want to be flexible and receptive to the different approaches your kids may try."
(http://pbskids.org/designsquad/parentseducators/workshop/process.html)
Click on any of the links below to view short clips of the Design Process in action...
How an Eraser Works
Chain Reaction Machine
Cat Safety Invention
NASA Exploring the Moon