Students learn about how to improve efficiency by examining fast food restaurants. More specifically, they learn about the concepts of trade-offs, constraints, increasing efficiency and systems thinking. They consider how to improve the efficiency of a restaurant that is struggling, through delegating tasks, restructuring employee responsibilities and revising a floor plan, all while working within limitations and requirements. Finally, as in real-world engineering, students are challenged to explain and defend their improved designs in argumentative essays.

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efficiency, teachengineering, teachengineering: trade-offs and maximizing efficiency in a fast food restaurant, trade-offs and maximizing efficiency in a fast food restaurant, design trade-offs, engineering design process projects

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
• The intended use for this resource is Instructional