Engage in Iteration
As you watch the video:
- Think about a systematic engineering design process. How does iteration fit into the process?
- Notice how the activity is set up to so that youth must revise and improve their solutions.
- Listen to how the facilitators encourage youth to explain their thinking as they revise their solution.
Now that you’ve watched the video, reflect on what you saw.
- What strategies would you like to use to encourage youth to test and revise their solutions?
- How can you set up engineering activities so youth are able to improve their ideas?
- How can you support critical thinking skills through engineering experiences?
Explore Engineering Practices
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Learning To Fail
See how staff help youth learn from their failed attempts to build a grape smasher and help them revise and improve the designs.
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Using Math in Cookie Package Design
This engineering activity integrates math into a cookie package design challenge. See how you can encourage youth to use their mathematical knowledge to inform their design decisions.
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Group Collaboration
Collaboration is an effective strategy to increase STEM learning especially when it happens during group work. Watch an experienced frontline staff member lead groups in the re-design process using group collaboration.