ChooseandAskQues.ons
q  Whatdeviceisbeingtakenapart?
q  Drawyourdeviceandlabelallvisibleparts.
q  Whatdoesthedevicedowheninopera.on?
Researchoruseoperator’smanual.
q  Whatpartsdoyouthinkyouwillfindinside?
Drawadiagramtogowithyourdescrip.on.
ShareandPresent
q  Howwillpresentyourfindings
andyourideasinaclear,and
conciseway?
q  Besuretoshareyournotes
andobserva.ons.
RedesignandImprove
q  Howwouldyouimprovetheway
thisdeviceismade?
q  Howcouldyouchangethisdevice
tomakeitworkbeJer?
q  Canyouredesignthisdeviceto
makeitfunc.ondifferently?How
wouldyoudothis?
The Reverse
Engineering
Process
DisassembleandOrganize
q  Recordthepartsyousee.
q  Whatdoyouthinktheparts
do?
q  Whatpartsmakethewhole?
q  Howcanyouorganizeorgroup
thepartsyousee?
AnalyzeandCompare
q  Doyouseeanypartsthatare
similar/different?
q  Arethereanysimplemachines?
q  Whatpartisthelargest?Smallest?
q  Whyarethepartsnecessary?
q  Didanypartssurpriseyou?
q  Dothepartshavethesame
func.onindifferentdevices?
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q  Presentyournew
knowledgetoan
audience.
q  Reflectonyourresearch
processandproduct.
Makeconnec.onsandbuild
backgroundknowledge.
Brainstormques.onstoguide
yourresearch.
Iden.fykeywordstomakea
researchplan.
Research Process
q  Usethewri.ngprocesstoorganize
informa.onandideas.
q  Usemediaethicallybyrespec.ng
creatorsandcopyright.
q  Usemedia,technology,andcrea.vity
tocreatearesearchproduct.
q  Searchtheinforma.onlandscapeto
locateresources.
q  Evaluatesourcestochoosethebest
onesforyouandyourtopic.
q  Usereadingstrategiestodevelopyour
understandingofthetopic:
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Makepredic.ons
Analyzetextstructure
Iden.fymainideasandimportantdetails
Dis.nguishbetweenfactsandopinions
Makeinferencesanddrawconclusions
Summarize
q  Usenote-takingstrategiesandavoid
plagiarism.
q  Organizeinforma.onasyougather.
q  Collaboratewithothers.
AskaQues.onandDoResearch
q  Whatareyoucuriousabout?
q  Whathaveyouseenthatmakesyou
wonder?
q  Researchtoseewhathasalreadybeen
discoveredaboutyourtopicusingbooks,
encyclopedias,theinternet,etc.
ShareandPresent
q  Howwillyoushareyourfindings?
q  Constructadisplayusingcharts,
graphs,illustra.ons,signs,models,
and/ordemonstra.onsofyour
experiment.
q  Prepareanoralpresenta.onto
explainyourprojecttoothers.
Scientific Method
DrawConclusionsand
AnalyzeResults
q  Whatwereyourresults?
q  Whatdidyoulearnfrom
yourexperiment?
q  Isyourhypothesiscorrect?
DevelopaHypothesis
q  Whatdoyouthinkisthe
answertoyourques.on?
q  Makeaneducatedguessbased
onyourresearch.
q  Takeyouroriginalques.on
andturnitintoananswer.
ConductanExperimentand
RecordData
q  Whatwillyoudototestyour
hypothesis?
q  Writeastep-by-stepprocedureto
testyourhypothesis
q  Makealistofmaterialsyouwill
need.
q  Recordyourobserva.onsanddata
asyoucarryoutyourplan.
Ask
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q
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Improve
q
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q
q
Whatworked?
Whatdidn’t?
Whatcould’vebeenbeJer?
Howcouldyoumodifyyourdesign
tomakeitbeJer?
Create
Whatistheproblemorneed?
Whohastheproblemorneed?
Whyisitimportanttosolve?
Howhaveothersapproachedit?
Whatareyourdesignrequirements?
Engineering
Design Process
q  Followyourplanandbuildyour
prototype.
q  Testitout!
q  Didyourdesignsolveyourproblem?
Redesignifneeded.
q  Ifyouhadmeasurabletargetsforyour
solu.on,didyoumeetthem?
Plan
Imagine
q  Whataresomesolu.ons?Tryto
generateasmanypossiblesolu.ons
asyoucan.
q  Choosethebestone.Lookat
whethereachpossiblesolu.on
meetsyourdesignrequirements.
q  Rejectsolu.onsthatdonotmeet
therequirements.
q  Communicateyourbest
solu.onbydrawingand
labelingadiagram.
q  Makealistofmaterialsyou
willneedtobuildyour
prototype.