Instructional Guide

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Inquiry The Ultimate School Bag

• Instructional Guide

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The World of Technology

• Technology is about more than just computers.
• A driving force of the economy in todays world
  is primarily technology.
• As with everything, technology has many risk and
  rewards.
• Tradeoffs are common in technology.

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Assessing Technology

• Need to establish an individual method.
• Positive and negative impacts need to be
  realized.
• Your personal perspective will affect the way
  that technology is used.

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Assessing Technology

• There are several steps to simplify technology
• Identifying the origin of the technology
• Create a list of criteria
• Develop and answer a list of questions
• Review and conclude

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During this unit you are going to

• Design, examine, and assess school bag usage.
• Create a model of an ultimate school bag.

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As a Design Engineer you will

• Create an address, logo and motto for the
  company.
• Identify tradeoffs of the design.
• Follow the engineering design process.
• Present your design to other students in other
  classrooms.

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Your Target AudienceWho will buy your product?

• Decide who your target consumers will be.
• Design your school bag to reach these people.
• Identify a secondary audience.

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Market ResearchWhat Do the Customers Like?

• Examples of Questions you might ask
• What is their favorite color?
• What kind of materials will you carry in the bag?
• Record the results of your surveys in a chart or
  graph.

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Scientific Inquiry
There are five basic methods to the scientific
inquiry process. They are

• Setting a goal
• Modeling
• Testing
• Evaluating
• Revising

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Setting a Goal

• Establishing objectives.
• Conduct surveys.

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Before You Start.
Discussion

• Important Terms
• Criteria - The key or specific wants or needs
  according to personal or societal
  preferences in conjunction with the constraints.
• Inquiry - A process people use to study the
  natural world and develop knowledge and
  understanding of scientific ideas.
• Trade-off - An exchange of one thing in return
  for another especially
  relinquishment of one benefit or advantage for
  another regarded as more desirable.
• Follow the Engineering Design Process to create
  your design.

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Step 1 Identify a challenge

• What style of book bag do you want to create?
• Who is your audience?
• How will you adapt to their needs?
• What do they like?

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Step 2 Explore Ideas

• Brainstorm ways to make your ultimate school bag.
• Choose the top 2 ideas.
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  v Identify a challenge
  

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Step 3 Plan and Develop

• Create a plan.
• Keep a journal of all your ideas
  and work you have done.

v Identify a challenge
v Explore Ideas
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Step 4 Testing and Evaluating

• Test your product with 3 people.
• What do they think of your product?
• Are there things you should change?

v Identify a challenge v Explore
Ideas v Plan and Develop
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Step 5 Presenting the Solution

• What is the best thing about
• your product?
• How could you improve your
• product more?
• How well did your idea
• compare to others?
• Would you do anything
• differently next time?

v Identify a challenge vExplore
Ideas vPlan and Develop
vTesting and Evaluating