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Student teams use their knowledge about ancient Egypt to design playgrounds for Egyptian children. This involves brainstorming ideas on paper, building models with Legos or other materials, and explaining their ideas to the class in five-minute presentations.

Engineers work within constraints such as available materials and what would work for a certain culture. In this activity, students study early Egyptian cultural influences and design playgrounds for children in ancient Egypt. The steps of the engineering design process043TeachEngineering.orgHeather Blackwell, Bryan Licciadri, Anthony TrinhS10257A9MassachusettsScience5.1 Describe and explain parts of a structure, e.g., foundation, flooring, decking, wall, roofing systems.68S1012153MassachusettsScience2.1 Identify and explain the steps of the engineering design process, i.e., identify the need or problem, research the problem, develop possible solutions, select the best possible solution(s), construct a prototype, test and evaluate, communicate the solution(s), and redesign.68S1010C69MassachusettsScience2.4 Identify appropriate materials, tools, and machines needed to construct a prototype of a given engineering design.68S101D432MassachusettsScience1.1 Given a design task, identify appropriate materials (e.g., wood, paper, plastic, aggregates, ceramics, metals, solvents, adhesives) based on specific properties and characteristics (e.g., weight, strength, hardness, and flexibility).68S1009558MassachusettsScience2.2 Demonstrate methods of representing solutions to a design problem, e.g., sketches, orthographic projections, multiview drawings.68S1011180MassachusettsScience2.3 Describe and explain the purpose of a given prototype.68United StatesCopyright 2012 - Tufts University, http://www.teachengineering.org/policy_ipp.phphttp://www.teachengineering.org/2011-10-316Teacher