Engineering

Engineers are people who design and build things to solve _____

• riddles
• puzzles
• crosswords
• problems

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

When they're trying to solve a problem, engineers follow a series of _____

• steps
• problems
• solutions
• tests

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

A plan produced to show the workings of an object before it is built or made

• solution
• design
• prototype
• iterative process

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

A simple machine that allows you to test your design.

• solution
• design
• prototype
• iterative process

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

Someone who wants to know how and why things work.  They also design and build things.

• scientist
• ME!
• Engineer

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

This person searches for answers to technological and natural questions to obtain knowledge of why something is the way it is.

• scientist 
• engineer
• technologist

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Once you've figured out what problem you want to tackle, you need to _____

• do your research
• design your solution
• build a prototype
• test your solution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

A limit imposed on a design solution.

• Constraint
• Specification
• Risk/Benefit Trade-Off

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

A method of coming up with alternative solutions.

• Brainstorming
• Probability
• Variable
• Iterations

The process of doing something again and again, usually to improve it.

• Brainstorming
• Probability
• Variable
• Iterations

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-4