Students will collaborate to create a LEGO marble maze that meets specific design criteria.
Introduction
(10 minutes)
Tell students that you will be presenting them with a design engineering challenge. They will be given a task to complete that will require them to design and build a project that meets certain requirements or criteria.
Ask students what they already know about engineering. What do engineers do? Facilitate the discussion to draw attention to the creativity and problem-solving elements of design engineering.
Announce that the design engineering challenge is to create a marble maze out of LEGOs.