Bridging the Gap
Build a bridge over a variety of terrains to determine how different designs affect stability and strength.
Resources
Objectives:
- Generate and explain a design to address a design problem.
- Compare solutions based on the criteria and constraints of a design problem.
- Make a recommendation for a proposed solution based on evidence collected from multiple design solutions.
- Generate a data collection tool in order to collect and evaluate data in a systematic way.
- Evaluate competing design solutions using the criteria and constraints of a given design problem.
The Tech Challenge
This resource was developed to prepare students for the 2017 Tech Challenge. Each year The Tech Challenge invites teams of students in Grades 4-12 to use the engineering design process to solve a real-world problem.
Learn about this year's Tech Challenge.
The Tech Academies
This activity was developed in partnership with educators from The Tech Academies Fellowship program. Tech Academy Fellows learn to be leaders of STEM education while designing and testing resources to be shared with other educators.
Standards alignment
- Engineering Design
- Science and Engineering Practices
- Cross Cutting Concepts
- Disciplinary Core Ideas
