Question of the dayNovember 15

What do you do in the “designing” step of the design process?

By the end of the day you should have the following:

• Detailed sketches of at least 3 different ideas for your piece of technology– Each sketch will have a list of pros and cons.

• One single idea of what you are going to do with your design.

• A list of materials that you will need for your final design project. Please keep materials needed to a minimum.

Sketches

• You will pick your top 3 ideas to create sketches about.

• Fold your paper in half hamburger style and sketch on one side of it. Divide the other side with a drawn line so that you can separate your list of pros and cons.

• You will have 3 separate papers with each one containing a different

sketch. Do not write on the back of any of these papers.

Sketch

Pros Cons

One single idea

• Once you have completed your three sketches you will then pick your favorite that you want to do your project on.

• Remember – You will be creating this design in class so it must be something logical, reasonable, simple and cheap.

Materials

• Once you have chosen your top design you must then figure out what materials you will need for your project.

• Make a list on the back of the page you sketched your favorite design on.

• Remember that this is still a middle school classroom and I will not bring in lasers, anti gravity items, ice machines, etc. This must be simple materials.

By the end of the day you should have the following:

• Detailed sketches of at least 3 different ideas for your piece of technology– Each sketch will have a list of pros and cons.

• One single idea of what you are going to do with your design.

• A list of materials that you will need for your final design project. Please keep

• materials needed to a minimum. Sketch

Pros Cons