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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 316 · 40 questions
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Engineer's tip (Ask, imagine, plan, create, test, improve): Ask (problem, users, limits) → Imagine (many ideas) → Plan (diagram, materials). Create (build a prototype) → Test (measure) → Improve (fix and retest). It is a loop: after Improve, test again.

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  1. 1.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) list the materials (b) fix the weak part (c) follow the plan to build (d) brainstorm many ideas
  2. 2.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  9. 9.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) follow the plan to build (c) pick the build order (d) list the materials
  11. 11.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) dream up possible fixes (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) check it against goals
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) think of wild ideas (c) dream up possible fixes (d) define the problem
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  16. 16.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) redesign after testing (c) build the model (d) make a prototype
  18. 18.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  20. 20.True or false: to list the materials is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) define the problem (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) dream up possible fixes
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) fix the weak part (b) build the model (c) think of wild ideas (d) dream up possible fixes
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) redesign after testing (d) ask who will use it
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  30. 30.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) fix the weak part (c) make it better, retest (d) define the problem
  34. 34.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) build the model (b) dream up possible fixes (c) pick the build order (d) think of wild ideas
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make a prototype (b) ask who will use it (c) try it out (d) pick the build order
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) check it against goals (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) make it better, retest (d) find the limits
  39. 39.True or false: to build the model is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine

Answer key

  1. follow the plan to build
  2. False
  3. Create
  4. Plan
  5. Imagine
  6. Imagine
  7. Plan
  8. Plan
  9. False
  10. fix the weak part
  11. False
  12. Create
  13. check it against goals
  14. make a prototype
  15. Improve
  16. Plan
  17. redesign after testing
  18. Ask
  19. Create
  20. False
  21. define the problem
  22. Ask
  23. Ask
  24. build the model
  25. Imagine
  26. Ask
  27. Imagine
  28. brainstorm many ideas
  29. Ask
  30. True
  31. Plan
  32. Improve
  33. dream up possible fixes
  34. True
  35. Imagine
  36. pick the build order
  37. try it out
  38. draw a labelled diagram
  39. False
  40. Ask

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