Format
The program is interactive and participatory. Students engage our staff and each other in conversation to identify problems and generate solutions.
Classroom, home, and hybrid options are available. The classroom version requires individual computers (with headphones) or a computer and projector/smart-board. Home versions require each student to have their own computer or tablet. All programs use Zoom software. We will provide a passcode-protected link to share with students.
Objectives
Enduring Understanding: Engineers solve problems applying scientific, practical, and social knowledge, along with creativity and within constraints to find the best solution.
Essential Question: How does thinking like an engineer help us find solutions to problems?
Standards Alignment
National Standards
ETS1A 3-5 -- Defining and Delimiting and Engineering Problem
ETS1B 3-5 -- Developing Possible Solutions
State Standards
Massachusetts Science, Technology, and Engineering Frameworks
Grade 3: Technology/Engineering ETS1. Engineering Design
3.3-5-ETS1-2. Generate several possible solutions to a given design problem. Compare each solution based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the design problem.
Grade 4: Technology/Engineering
ETS1. Engineering Design
4.3-5-ETS1-5(MA). Evaluate relevant design features that must be considered in building a model or prototype of a solution to a given design problem.
Grade 5: Technology/Engineering ETS3. Technological Systems
5.3-5-ETS3-1(MA). Use informational text to provide examples of improvements to existing technologies (innovations) and the development of new technologies (inventions). Recognize that technology is any modification of the natural or designed world done to fulfill human needs or wants.