Engineering Design Process Worksheet
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.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) measure its performance (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) redesign after testing
- 2.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only for big jobs (c) only on Sundays (d) no, it repeats
- 3.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
- 5.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) check it against goals (b) pick the build order (c) ask who will use it (d) make a prototype
- 6.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) find the limits (b) redesign after testing (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) try it out
- 7.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) make a prototype (c) check it against goals (d) fix the weak part
- 8.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) follow the plan to build (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) make it better, retest
- 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
- 10.True or false: to build the model is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
- 11.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
- 13.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Imagine
- 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Test
- 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
- 16.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
- 18.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
- 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
- 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
- 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
- 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
- 23.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) pick the build order (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) dream up possible fixes (d) think of wild ideas
- 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
- 25.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) dream up possible fixes (c) check it against goals (d) make a prototype
- 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
- 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
- 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
- 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
- 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
- 31.True or false: to make a prototype is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
- 32.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
- 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
- 34.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) find the limits (c) dream up possible fixes (d) try it out
- 35.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) follow the plan to build (c) think of wild ideas (d) dream up possible fixes
- 36.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
- 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
- 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
- 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Create
Answer key
- redesign after testing
- no, it repeats
- False
- Plan
- make a prototype
- try it out
- fix the weak part
- make it better, retest
- Improve
- False
- False
- Ask
- Improve
- Ask
- Create
- False
- Imagine
- Ask
- Ask
- Improve
- Create
- Improve
- pick the build order
- Test
- dream up possible fixes
- Plan
- Test
- Imagine
- Ask
- Imagine
- False
- Plan
- Improve
- find the limits
- define the problem
- False
- Imagine
- Ask
- Imagine
- Ask
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