Session #2198
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Success in the classroom
Prototyping Methods
Prompt & 21st century skills
Criteria and Constraints grounded in real world
Create your own
Method of
Prototyping
Determining
Success
Real World
Prompt
Criteria and
Constraints
Scale Model
Life Sized Model
Computer Simulation
Prototypes are a key step in
the development of a final
solution, allowing the designer
to test how the solution will
Paper Prototyping
work.
Method of
Prototyping
Determining
Success
Real World
Prompt
Criteria and
Constraints
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The prompt &
Century Skills
Urban Farming
You are an environmental engineer seeking to revolutionize the urban
farming practices in New York City. You would like to collaborate with urban
farmers in Tokyo because Tokyo’s local agriculture produces enough
vegetables to feed almost 700,000 city dwellers. You will need to conduct
research to determine the institution or scientist best fit for this
collaboration and come up with a plan to overcome obstacles such as time
difference and language barrier. Then, develop an urban farming model that
can be used in NYC.
Green Energy
You are an environmental activist that is passionate about green energy. Your
goal is to communicate best practices in sustainable energy. You will need to
research the methods used by countries that use 80%- 100% green energy;
such as Iceland, Lesotho, Albania, Paraguay, Bhutan, Mozambique, and
Norway. Create a plan for green energy that can be communicated across
cultures. Ensure that your methods will be viable solutions for at least two
different cultures speaking different languages taking the geography of the
country into consideration. ( Ideas for communication: Visual Flyer/ Info
Graphics or PSA with translated subtitles)
Method of
Prototyping
Determining
Success
Real World
Prompt
Criteria and
Constraints
Criteria and Constraints
Connecting to the real world
(and aligning to the NGSS engineering standards)
 Cost
 Safety
 Reliability
 Aesthetics
 Risk Mitigation
 Social Impacts
 Cultural Impacts
 Environmental Impacts
Method of
Prototyping
Determining
Success
Real World
Prompt
Criteria and
Constraints
Real World Prompt: The World Health
Organization says that every year more than 3.4
million people die as a result of water related
diseases, making it the leading cause of disease
and death around the world. Most of the victims
are young children, the vast majority of whom die
of illnesses caused by organisms that thrive in
water sources contaminated by raw sewage.
Design challenge: You work for the World
Health Organization and you have been given the
task of designing. a solar cooker that will heat
water to 150 degrees Fahrenheit, which is the
temperature that is needed to pasteurize, the
microorganisms that cause diseases from
drinking contaminated water.