This is what all of the excitement has been building up to! Young engineers create engineering drawings, use machines to manufacture their products, test, and evaluate their designs in the last step in the engineering design process.

Concepts

design, engineering design, product design, manufacturing, technology resources

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Instructional Ideas

• Identify professionals in the community to help students build their own products

Classroom Considerations

• Check with your school and community to find machining and manufacturing equipment as it is required for the lesson
• Allow much more time than suggested; if you are only working during class and using shared equipment, the process could last weeks
• This is the final lesson in a six-lesson series

 

Pros

• Evaluation rubric included

Cons

• If donated materials and machinery cannot be found, designs will be more simplistic

Common Core

7.G.A.1