Grade 12 · Week 33 · U9
Essential question: How do engineers convert a scientific problem into testable criteria and tradeoffs?
Two designs solve the same problem but optimize different constraints.
Build an initial model and explanation for: How do engineers convert a scientific problem into testable criteria and tradeoffs?
Record observations, questions, an initial model, and one claim that could be tested. Use these concepts where relevant: criterion; constraint; prototype; iteration; optimization; tradeoff.
Study and explain the week's core ideas: criterion; constraint; prototype; iteration; optimization; tradeoff
Engineering design brief.
Revise Monday's model. Add two evidence-backed annotations and explain one limitation or uncertainty.
Decision matrix and modeled performance.
Show units, setup, calculation or graph reasoning, then write what the quantitative evidence can and cannot establish about: How do engineers convert a scientific problem into testable criteria and tradeoffs?
Design challenge using paper/cardboard/simulation; no hazardous construction.
Use the course safety charter. If supervision, facilities, materials, or conditions are not appropriate, use the supplied-data/simulation alternative rather than improvising hazardous procedures.
Record variables or design constraints, procedure/model, observations/data, and one revision you would make after reviewing the evidence.
Answer the essential question: How do engineers convert a scientific problem into testable criteria and tradeoffs?
Submit a claim, at least two specific pieces of evidence, reasoning that connects them, one limitation/counterclaim, and a correction note for any essential concept below 80%.
Select one artifact from this week and explain why it is trustworthy evidence of growth.