Teaching Students about the Engineering Design Process

Encourage Teamwork Critical Component Students and Engineers Design in Teams Many Careers Require Teamwork Team Work is an Essential Skill

Projects about Making Life Better Clean Water Green Energy Low-Carbon Transportation Alternatives Advances in Medicine

Celebrate Science and Engineering Current events in which engineers or scientists save lives, help the environment, or serve their communities.

Reverse Engineer a Favorite Gadget Take apart devices to see how they were designed Imagine themselves as the designer, what could they do to make the design better? Student Interests in - medicine, robotics, architecture, music or sports - there ’ s probably a gadget needed to do it.

Make Math Real-World Math and Science are Important Tools Math and Science Changed Millions of Lives Math is one Tool in the Engineering Design Box Three years of High School Math Needed: Engineer, Programmer, Accountant, Biologist, Medical Technician, Architect and Doctor

Use Graphics to Represent Ideas Form of Communication often Overlooked Communication can get the Job Done or Not Enhance Communication Skills