The Inventor's Workshop · Engineering and Design

Developing Solutions

Using sketches and physical models to communicate how a design will solve a problem.

Key Questions

  1. 1Why is it helpful to draw our ideas before we build them?
  2. 2How can we use different materials to represent our ideas?
  3. 3What makes one design better than another for a specific task?

Common Core State Standards

K-2-ETS1-2
Grade: 2nd Grade
Subject: Science
Unit: The Inventor's Workshop
Period: Engineering and Design

Suggested Methodologies

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