Recommendations & Presentations: Drum Roll Please
Students present their Asteroid Impact projects with their location recommendations for building underground cavern shelters.Copyright (man with easel) Microsoft Corporation, (cavern) Lawrence Berkeley Lab, (map) Adventure Engineering, Colorado School of Mines http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2012/05/16/surf-intro/
Continuing the Asteroid Impact challenge, student teams analyze their data and commit to final decisions on the locations they recommend for locating safe underground cavern shelters for the citizens of Alabraska. They prepare and deliver final presentations to the class to explain and defend their final recommendations.
In the real world, engineering teams spend much time researching and analyzing so they have the information needed to select the best design option. Then, communication is critical. Engineers routinely prepare final reports and give presentations to clients and customers to explain and defend their recommended design solutions.
After this activity, students should be able to:
- Analyze data from several days' worth of work to make a final decision.
- Use experimental data and logic to explain and defend a decision/recommendation.
- Communicate to an audience via a formal presentation.