1. The Engineering Design Process

2. Let’s review the five steps of the engineering design process.
Permission:
Museum of Science; Boston
Let’s review the five steps of the engineering design process.

3. Want to solve a problem? Where to start?

4. ASK Asking questions, The first part.
We can sign the word ask by moving our finger like this.

5. You try it!
ask
Great Job!

6. When you ask a question, you are wanting an answer
When you ask a question, you are wanting an answer. It may be something you are wondering.

7. What’s the next thing we do when we want to solve a problem?

8. We can sign this by moving our hands and arms like this!
imagine
We can sign this by moving our hands and arms like this!

9. Can you do it?
Imagine
Imagine
Imagine
Great Job!

10. First you ask. Show me the sign for ask.
Second, you imagine. Show me the sign for imagine.
Good work!
What is the next step?

11. You can sign it like this.
plan
You can sign it like this.

12. Show me how to sign plan!
plan
Nice work, Yahoo!

13. Now that you have a plan, what will you do next?
1.ask
2.imagine
3.plan
Now that you have a plan, what will you do next?

14. You can sign it like this.
create
You can sign it like this.

15. Let’s see you create the sign for create!
Very creative ! Great Job!

16. When you create, you can make, produce, or do something.
a structure
music
a bridge
a dance
Is it possible to change it to make it better?

17. YES! We can:
improve
Watch how to sign improve.

18. Improving makes things better.
Your turn to try!
improve
improve
improve
Improving makes things better.

19. How many times are you allowed to improve something?
Can you ask more questions or imagine new ideas?
Can you plan again?

20. You can ask, imagine, plan, create, and improve as many times as you want. Yippee!!!!!!