Design Step 1: Identify the Need

Each group needs:

• Design Challenge Project Description (This document is created in advance by the teacher or brainstormed/written as a class to describe the class design challenge, patterned after the attached Example Design Challenge Project Description (PDF); or else use the example challenge description.)

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• Defining the Problem Worksheet (PDF)
• 5 index cards (any size) or 1-2 sheets of cardstock
• 1 pair of scissors

For the entire class to share:

• overhead projection of the Engineering Design Loop Visual Aid, or copies for handouts
• props to help explain the specific project topic; perhaps a PowerPoint with pictures and drawings