Engineering Design Process - Vocabulary

- A framework used to structure scientific explanations, involving making a claim, providing evidence to support the claim, and explaining the reasoning behind the evidence.

• Claim Evidence Reasoning

• Prototype
• Iteration
• Trade-off

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-1

What is a preliminary model or version of a product or solution that is built to test and refine ideas before creating the final version?

• Model
• Iteration
• Prototype
• System

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NGSS.HS-PS2-3

What is the process of giving up some benefits in one aspect of a design in order to gain benefits in another aspect?

• Trade-off
• Prototype
• Iteration
• Feedback

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NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

What is the practice of assessing the reliability and relevance of data, observations, and information to support claims or conclusions?

• Iteration
• Prototype
• Evaluating Evidence
• Trade-off

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NGSS.HS-LS2-6

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

NGSS.HS-PS4-4

What is a collection of interacting components that work together to perform a particular function or achieve a specific goal?

• Iteration
• Prototype
• Model
• System

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NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

NGSS.HS-ETS1-4

What are the limitations or restrictions that must be taken into account during the design process?

• Criteria
• Prototype
• Iteration
• Constraints

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NGSS.HS-ETS1-1

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

NGSS.HS-PS3-3

What is a simplified representation of a system, process, or concept that helps scientists and engineers understand and work with complex ideas?

• Model
• Iteration
• System
• Prototype

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-3

NGSS.HS-ETS1-4

NGSS.HS-LS2-5

NGSS.HS-PS3-2

What are the specific requirements that a design must meet to be considered successful and solve the problem?

• Model
• Iteration
• Criteria
• Prototype

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NGSS.HS-ETS1-1

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

What is the process of refining a design to achieve the best possible result within the given constraints and criteria?

• Iteration
• Optimization
• Prototype
• Trade-off

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NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

NGSS.HS-ETS1-4

What is the process of repeating and refining steps in the design process to improve a solution?

• Prototype
• Model
• System
• Iteration

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NGSS.HS-ETS1-4

NGSS.HS-PS2-3

NGSS.HS-PS3-3