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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 825 · 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 Plan step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) find the limits (c) pick the build order (d) ask who will use it
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  3. 3.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  5. 5.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Ask
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  9. 9.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  10. 10.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) no, it repeats (c) only for big jobs (d) yes, only once
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  13. 13.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  16. 16.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  18. 18.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) pick the build order (d) check it against goals
  23. 23.True or false: to try it out is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) define the problem (c) make a prototype (d) try it out
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) find the limits (b) build the model (c) list the materials (d) try it out
  29. 29.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  33. 33.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) list the materials (b) ask who will use it (c) redesign after testing (d) follow the plan to build
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) think of wild ideas (d) define the problem
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) make a prototype (c) redesign after testing (d) define the problem
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make it better, retest (b) make a prototype (c) ask who will use it (d) check it against goals
  39. 39.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan

Answer key

  1. pick the build order
  2. Ask
  3. True
  4. Plan
  5. Improve
  6. Imagine
  7. Ask
  8. Improve
  9. Ask
  10. no, it repeats
  11. Ask
  12. Ask
  13. True
  14. Ask
  15. Imagine
  16. False
  17. Imagine
  18. True
  19. True
  20. Ask
  21. Plan
  22. brainstorm many ideas
  23. False
  24. Test
  25. Create
  26. Plan
  27. fix the weak part
  28. try it out
  29. True
  30. Imagine
  31. Ask
  32. Create
  33. True
  34. follow the plan to build
  35. think of wild ideas
  36. define the problem
  37. Ask
  38. make a prototype
  39. True
  40. Improve

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