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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part I: Preparation
Chapter 1: Building an Engineering Design Culture
Chapter 2: Deconstructing the Engineering Design Process
Chapter 3: Designing Projects
Part II: Activities and Projects
Chapter 4: Starting With Activities That Support Engineering Thinking and Skills
Chapter 5: Introducing Projects for Elementary School
Chapter 6: Introducing Projects for Middle and High School
Part III: Reflection
Chapter 7: Reflecting On, Revising, and Optimizing Your Curriculum
Epilogue
Appendix A: Action Plan Summary
Appendix B: Project Planning
Appendix C: Engineering Notebook Forms

PRINTABLE REPRODUCIBLES

Chapter 1

• Mousetrap Car Project—Teacher Directions
• Unintended Consequences

Chapter 2

• Figure 2.4: The Five Ws of Problem Definition—Middle and High School
• Figure 2.5: The Five Ws of Problem Definition—Elementary School
• Figure 2.8: Identifying Constraints and Their Impact
• Figure 2.9: Elementary School Students Decide What They Need to Know
• Figure 2.10: Student-Defined Guidelines for Prototype Function Tests
• Figure 2.11: Student-Defined Questions for Prototype Feedback Tests
• Figure 2.12: Project Summary and Reflection Form
• Figure 2.13: Questions and Prompts for Written Failure Analysis
• Figure 2.14: Project Presentation Feedback Form
• Figure 2.15: Pitch Feedback Form
• Middle and High School Students Decide What They Need to Know

Chapter 3

• Disaster-Resilient Housing—Sustainable Cities and Communities
• Figure 3.2: Project-Planning Canvas Example
• Figure 3.5: How Are We Doing? Group Self-Evaluation Form
• Figure 3.6: Engineering Design Process Rubric
• Figure 3.7: Single-Point Rubric for the Engineering Design Process
• Figure 3.9: Peer Group Assessment Form
• Table 3.2: Jobs for Engineering a Board Game

Chapter 4

• Cardboard Carnival Activity—Directions
• Figure 4.1: Reverse Design Space Form
• Figure 4.2: Name Your Pain Activity Form
• Figure 4.3: Criteria Ranking Activity Form
• Figure 4.4: Criteria Ranking Activity Forms and Tally
• Figure 4.5: Scamper This! Activity Form
• Figure 4.6: Cardboard Carnival Activity Modifications Form
• Flight of the Table Tennis Ball Activity—Directions
• LEGO Person Activity—Directions
• Name Your Pain Activity—Directions

Chapter 5

• Figure 5.2: Engineering Happily Ever After Worksheet
• Figure 5.3: Just Right Project Plan
• Figure 5.5: Every Graph Tells a Story Project Plan
• Initial Design Plan Graph Project
• Push and Pull (Grades 2–8)
• Table 5.2: Hidden in Plain Sight Project Summary

Chapter 6

• Figure 6.1: Engineering a Board Game Project Plan
• Figure 6.2: Engineering a Board Game—Components and Materials Plan Checklist
• Figure 6.3: Engineering a Board Game—Packaging Design Plan
• Figure 6.5: Appropriate Technology Checklist
• Figure 6.6: Disaster-Resilient Housing Project Plan Summary
• Figure 6.7: About the Country, Region, or Village (Disaster-Resilient Housing Project)
• Figure 6.8: Designing a Prosthetic Hand Project Plan
• Figure 6.9: How Does Your Production Line Rate? Form
• How Does Your Production Line Rate? Activity—Directions

Chapter 7

• Figure 7.1: Project Elements for Teacher Reflection
• Figure 7.2: Teacher Post-Project Reflection Checklist
• Figure 7.3: Possible Project Revisions

Appendix A

• Designing the Future—Action Plan

Appendix B

• Project-Planning Template

Appendix C

• Brainstorming Summary
• Daily Summary
• Design Modification Request
• Design Ranking
• Engineering Notebook Checklist
• Final Design Summary
• Initial Design Plan
• Project Task Planner

SUGGESTED RESOURCES

Books

• Gobble, T., Onuscheck, M., Reibel, A. R., & Twadell, E. (2016). Proficiency-Based Assessment: Process, Not Product. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
• Jacobs, H. H. (Ed.). (2014). Mastering Global Literacy. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.

Appropriate Technology Websites

You can apply the following resources and lesson plans on appropriate technology to real-world problems.

• Amy Smith (engineer with the MIT D-Lab)
• International Development and Innovation Network
• Jane Chen (EMBRACE Baby Warmer)
• Jessica Matthews (founder of Uncharted Play)
• The Lucky Iron Fish

Case Study Websites

• Engineering Failures
• Pennsylvania State University
• Texas A&M University

Challenger Case Study Websites

These resources form a good background picture of the Challenger disaster, which has an accompanying case study.

• Aerospaceweb
• “Engineering Ethics Case Study: The Challenger Disaster” by Mark Rossow
• History
• NASA
• NASA
• ThinkReliability

Student Job-Related Websites

Project Manager

• Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (vulnerable populations)
• Practical Action (natural disasters risk reduction)

Architect and Engineer

• Senseable City Laboratory (tsunami-safe(r) house)
• Deltec Homes (hurricane-resistant housing)
• The Earthbound Report (flood-proof housing)

Marketing

• YouTube, “The Art of Logo Design” (power of a logo)
• Wikipedia (testing engineer)
• Wikipedia (product testing)

Engineering Lesson Plans and Project Ideas

• TeachEngineering (ASEE/NSF)
• eGFI (Engineering Go for It [ASEE])
• Try Engineering (IEEE)
• National Academy of Engineering Grand Challenges (NAE)

Nature-Inspired Engineering and Biomimicry

• Biomimicry Institute
• Biomimicry 3.8
• AskNature

Miscellaneous

• How Stuff Works
• Video about engineering failures
• PBS Video, “Engineering Design Is Like a Taco Party”
• Royal Academy of Engineering
• Project-based learning resources and ideas (formerly the Buck Institute for Education)
• Educator and student resources related to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals

Student Study, Camp, and Scholarship Programs

• University of Washington (for students who have a disability and want to pursue engineering and science)
• Montana Learning Center

Websites

Chapter 1

• Edmentum, “5 Tips for Helping Students of All Ages Find Credible Online Sources”
• Engineering.com
• Engineering Failures
• National Science Foundation, “What Is Engineering?”
• PBLWorks
• Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, “Lesson Plans”
• This is Engineering
• Waters Center for Systems Thinking
• YouTube, “Systems Thinking: A Cautionary Tale”

Chapter 2

• AsSeenOnTV
• Canva
• Concord Consortium
• Glogster
• How It’s Made
• Khan Academy
• LucidPress
• NASA, “For Students”
• National Geographic Kids
• PhET Simulations
• Powtoons
• TED-Ed
• YouTube, “Scrub Daddy Pitch”

Chapter 3

• Bigelow, K. E. (2012). Designing for Success: Developing Engineers Who Consider Universal Design Principles. Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 25(3), 211–225.
• Cmap, “Learn About Concept Maps”
• ¡Colorín Colorado!, “Seven Steps to Using Next Generation Science Standards with ELLs”
• Engineer Girl
• Google Docs
• IDEA, “Ten Research-Based Steps for Effective Group Work”
• Kathy Schrock’s Guide to Everything
• Kent State, “Active Learning—Concept Maps”
• National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, “Middle, High School, & Community College Programs”
• National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity, “Famous African American Women in STEM”
• National Girls Collaborative Project, “Engaging Girls in STEM”
• National Science Teachers Association, “Using Concept Maps in the Science Classroom”
• PBLWorks, “K–2 Teamwork Rubric”
• PBLWorks, “Rubrics”
• PBS NewsHour Extra, “Lesson Plan: How Outstanding Women in STEM Fields Overcame Obstacles”
• Remezcla, “10 Latinas Making Their Mark in the STEM World”
• Statista’s Chart of the Day
• TED Talks, Hugh Herr’s “The New Bionics That Let US Run, Climb and Dance”
• TED Talks, Temple Grandin’s “The World Needs All Kinds of Minds”
• World Resources Institute, “Maps & Data”
• The Disabled List

Chapter 4

• Caine’s Arcade
• Cooper Hewitt, “Ready, Set, Design!”
• TeachEngineering, “Example Evaluating Alternatives Rubric”

Chapter 5

• Ask Nature
• Biomimicry Institute
• Data Viz Project
• Early Childhood Education Zone, “Graphing Games: 5 Fun Data Handling Games for Kids”
• Information Is Beautiful
• Institution of Civil Engineers
• Mensa for Kids, “Fabulous Fibonacci”
• NOAA Data in the Classroom
• Our World in Data
• PBLWorks, “K–2 Creativity & Innovation Rubric”
• Public Delivery, “Liu Bolin Has Been Professionally Disappearing for Over a Decade”
• TED, “The Best Hans Rosling Talks You’ve Ever Seen”
• World Bank, “World Development Indicators”
• YouTube, “How to Make Your Packaging More Sustainable”

Chapter 6

• Adaptive Design
• Appropedia, “Appropriate Technology”
• EiE, “Teacher Tip: Simulate an Earthquake With Easy-to-Make ‘Shake Table’”
• Ellen MacArthur Foundation, “What Is the Circular Economy”
• Engineering for Change
• Graduating Engineer & Computer Careers, “Toying With Education”
• The Pachamama Alliance, “Appropriate Technology”
• Practical Action Schools
• Smithsonian, “This Woman Invented Monopoly to Combat Greed”
• Stanford University, “Playing to Learn: Panelists at Stanford Discussion Say Using Games as an Educational Tool Provides Opportunities for Deeper Learning”
• Sustainable Development Goals
• Sustainable Development Goals, “Sustainable Development Goal 11”
• University of Michigan, “Board Game Helps Mexican Coffee Farmers Grasp Complex Ecological Interactions”:
• Water Footprint Calculator, “Water Resources for Educators”
• Water Footprint Network
• Water Footprint Network, “About Us”
• Water Footprint Network, “Water Footprint Aquapath”
• World Wildlife Fund-Canada
• World’s Largest Lesson
• World’s Largest Lesson, “11 Sustainable Cities and Communities”
• YouTube, “Lucky Iron Fish: A Simple Solution for a Global Problem”
• YouTube, “The Surprising History Behind the Board Game ‘Monopoly’”
• YouTube, “What’s Your Water Footprint?”

Appendix A

• BrainPOP Institute of Play
• The Waters Center for Systems Thinking