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