1. Engineering Experience
Team Up!

2. Engineering Experience
Task: You are engineers hired to design the framework for the model of a tall building.
Materials Available: 20 Pipe cleaners. 1 bag per groups of 3
Engineering design report sheet -1 per person
Constraints:
Work as a team. You have 12 minutes to complete the challenge.
Tower must be free standing-not attached to
anything and not hand-held.
Start with discussion and sketch of potential plan.
Listen for the chime –important instructions will follow!
Megan –
Launching into an Engineering Experience as a team.
Read Task and information.
Quickly point to the person at your table who has the longest hair. That person needs to come and get your materials from the back table.

3. Constraint #1
Due to significant cuts in budgets, you will now have only 15 pipe cleaners to work with. Put 5 back in the bag.
Stop after 3 minutes and cue for this slide

4. Constraint # 2
We have just learned that this project is being managed by a company from another country. Their engineers do not speak English. All team members are now forbidden to speak or write anything down.
Stop after 3 more minutes and cue for this slide

5. Constraint #3
Human Resources has just informed us that we have to reduce our workforce by 50%. All team members must now work with one hand behind their back
Stop after 3 more minutes and cue for this slide.
Have everyone place their materials back in the bags.