Time: 60-100 minutes
The Challenge Goal:
To design something which protects the egg from breaking when dropped from one story high.
To design something which protects the egg from breaking when dropped from one story high.
Difficulty: Intermediate Group Size: Groups of 2-3
Lesson Plan
Materials Required Per Team:
- Tissue Paper
- Bubble Wrap
- Plastic Eggs
- Pipe Cleaners
- Straws
- Balloons
- Tape
- Scissors
- 1 egg (for the final drop)
Instructions:
#1: Students get into their groups to complete the Design Thinking graphic organizer.
#2: Students decide on an idea and build a prototype using the materials provided.
#3: Students can test their prototype as needed using the plastic egg.
#4: Replace the plastic egg with a real egg during the final drop.
Group Discussion/ Reflection Questions:
#1: Students get into their groups to complete the Design Thinking graphic organizer.
#2: Students decide on an idea and build a prototype using the materials provided.
#3: Students can test their prototype as needed using the plastic egg.
#4: Replace the plastic egg with a real egg during the final drop.
Group Discussion/ Reflection Questions:
- What would you change next time to work more effectively as a team?
- How do you think you could have arrived to a better result?
- What did you change along the way? What did you learn from your prototypes?
- Did anyone get stuck at any point? What was that like? What did you do to get unstuck?
- How did the tight deadline effect the outcome and how could you better manage time in the future?