Sew What? Engineering Fashion in the Classroom | What happens when you ask students to engineer clothing that responds to the world around them? | 2018 |
Four Phases of the Engineering Design Process in Math and Science Classrooms | Through a rich and often boisterous discussion, four teachers collectively broke down the engineering design process into four main phases: problem definition, design exploration, design optimization, and design communication. | 2017 |
Making the Most Out of Winter Weather to Teach Engineering Design | Using our representation of the design process, I laid out a graphic organizer for my students to record their work as they began defining the problem, “How can we design and build a snowshoe from recycled/ scavenged materials?” | 2017 |