1. 21st CCLC Leadership Conference October 21, 2011

2. Marshmallow Challenge
Short ED challenge to engage you in thinking about the ED process.

3. Engineering Design Challenge
Count Off to form Groups of Four
Each Group claim Work Space
Each Group receives a Kit
Total = 5 minutes
Whole group counts off to form groups of four (i.e., if 28 people in group, then count off by 7 to form 7 groups of four each) Will have 8 kits made.

4. Engineering Design Challenge
Contents of the Kit
20 Spaghetti Sticks
One Yard of String
One Yard of Tape
One Marshmallow
Each group of four will receive a kit.

5. Engineering Design Challenge
Your Challenge is to Design and Build the Tallest Free-Standing Structure that will Support the Marshmallow on Top.
Entire Marshmallow Must be on Top
Use as Much or as Little of the Kit Contents
May Break up the Spaghetti, String, or Tape
The Challenge Lasts 18 Minutes

6. Engaging in Engineering Design
Begin the Challenge
Total = 18 minutes
Start Cool Timer

7. Lessons of the Marshmallow Challenge
More TED Talks for Teachers
Seven minute video.
TED = small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader
TED Conference = Gather the world's leading thinkers and doers, offer them four days of rapid-fire stimulation, and the result? Unexpected connections. Extraordinary insights. Powerful inspiration.

8. Resources for Engineering Design
ITEEA Teacher Resources Websites
Try Engineering
Teach Engineering
Design Squad
Engineer the Future
Here are some resources for engineering design. You have 30 minutes to investigate these or find others. We will allow 15 minutes for sharing what you discovered.