Making Learning Fun
Watch the activity overview video. This video shows staff facilitating the activity, Designing for the Big One.
As you watch the skill video below, think about these questions:
- How did the facilitator connect the engineering design challenge to a problem relevant to youth?
- Why do you think the facilitator emphasized the engineering design process at the beginning of the activity?
- How does the facilitator emphasize collaboration as key engineering practice?
Now that you’ve watched the video, reflect on what you saw and post your responses.
- How did the staff keep youth engaged in the challenge?
- What planning did the facilitator have to do to engage youth in an authentic engineering design challenge?
- What key strategies will you take away from this video? What would you do differently?
Explore Engineering Practices
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Managing Conflict
Alex effectively resolves conflict between youth working on a team and helps them learn the skills to work together.
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Linking My Experiences to Societal Needs
Watch as Gauri, the frontline staff member, helps the youth connect the activity to prior knowledge, experiences and societal needs and strategize how you might do this as well.
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I Can Do STEM
“Watch experienced frontline staff members, Leslie and Shelly, use an engineering design challenge to help youth make a personal connection to Engineering.”