Engineering Design Process Gingerbread Houses (view)
Units included with this Open Author resource:
- Unit 1
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- Learning goals:
- 1. 1.To Introduce the concept of engineering through architecture and the engineering design process: Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, Improve., 2. 1.To collaborate and create a decorative gingerbread house using cardboard milk or iced tea containers., 3. To model and teach the 4 C’s: communication, critical thinking, collaboration and creative skills., 4. 1.To use green screen technology effectively to showcase the gingerbread house in a photographic background of student choice.
- Keywords:
- Apply Designs, Design Process, Engineering, Engineering Activity, Engineering by Design, PASTEM
- Resources
Summary
Architecture is the practice of designing and building structures. Architecture can vary in its scope from functional bridges, houses and buildings to the aesthetic principles of landscape architecture. Architecture is a human endeavor that spans thousands of years. Students will be introduces to Engineering Design Process via the study of Architecture and building their own gingerbread house