One Problem, Different Designs
Key idea: Different designs can serve the same purpose.
Activity: Students look at products that have the same purpose, and then create a Venn diagram to show the similarities and differences between the products.
Designing with Shapes
Key idea: Different purposes, ideas, and materials can lead to the diversity of designs.
Activity: Students use shapes to design different products to see what affects the amount of diversity in their designs.
Ideas That Fly
Key idea: Constraints and criteria play a role in the diversity of designs.
Activity: Students use criteria and constraints to design airplanes, and then determine the amount of diversity among the designs.
Human Factors as a Design Constraint
Key idea: Human factors are a constraint that affects the diversity of designs.
Activity: Students role-play a scenario to determine examples of different kinds of human constraints.
Sharing about Design Diversity
Key idea: Diversity changes as criteria and constraints change.
Activity: Students create a presentation to share what they have learned about how criteria and constraints affect the diversity of designs.
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