How do you get started designing a product to meet your engineering design goals? Here, learners gain understanding of an important aspect of the engineering design process: background research. Through brainstorming and worksheets, groups further their development of their engineering project.

Concepts

design, engineering design, product design, patents, technology resources

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Instructional Ideas

• Assign part of the research as an out-of-classroom assignment, where group members reach out to professionals in the field or members of the target population

Classroom Considerations

• This is the second of six activities in a unit all about the engineering design process
• Keep groups unchanged throughout the unit

Pros

• Contains formative assessments for use throughout lesson
• Student-centered learning

Cons

• None