The Importance of Redesign
On Monday, students took on an engineering challenge. But rather than starting at the beginning of the engineering process, students started with the redesign step, to fix a flawed design for a bookcase. Students worked in teams to identify the weaknesses of the design, come up with solutions, and build new prototypes. Then they had a chance to test their new bookcase designs to make sure they satisfied the criteria and constraints of the situation, and to see how their designs stacked up against those
made by other groups.
Aside from redesigning bookcases, we learned about how important it is for engineers to redesign things that have already been built. For example, engineers that have come up with their own prototypes (original designs) still have to test it and will probably have to redesign it many times before they are satisfied with their creation.
It was really interesting to see what other teams built; we had the same task, but we had different ways of solving the problem. That was one of the best parts!
Some snapshots of the day:
Aside from redesigning bookcases, we learned about how important it is for engineers to redesign things that have already been built. For example, engineers that have come up with their own prototypes (original designs) still have to test it and will probably have to redesign it many times before they are satisfied with their creation.
It was really interesting to see what other teams built; we had the same task, but we had different ways of solving the problem. That was one of the best parts!
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