Design Challenge To design blades for a windmill that will catch the wind and use the wind’s energy to lift a container of weights

The Set-Up

An Introduction to the EiE Teacher Guides

Teacher Guide Structure Overview Prep Lesson Lesson 1: Engineering Story Lesson 2: A Broader View of an Engineering Field Lesson 3: Scientific Data Inform Engineering Design Lesson 4: Engineering Design Challenge Assessments

Lesson 1 - Storybook

Lesson 1: Important Points The Story: Introduces relevant science, engineering, and technology vocabulary Introduces field of engineering. Sets context for engineering design challenge Introduces the Engineering Design Process. Is vague about child’s solution.

Lesson 1: Introducing the EDP

Lesson 2: Who are Mechanical Engineers? Guiding Question How do mechanical engineers observe and think about machines?

Lesson 3: Testing Sail Designs Guiding Question What properties of a sail affect how well it catches the wind?

The Set-Up

Lesson 3

Lesson 4: Designing a Windmill Guiding Question How can we use what we know about materials and their properties, our creativity, and the Engineering Design Process to design windmill blades that catch the wind?”