In activities where students capture data, students get to practice closely observing a design process, and students gain more awareness of the different actions or behaviors that they may take when enacting a project.
“Oreo Tower” is part of the Design Activities resource, which compiles activities that students can use to practice and reflect on design processes. In “Oreo Tower”, students will work in teams to create the tallest freestanding tower out of Oreo cookies.
Subject area: Capturing data, Data visualization, Teamwork
Activity type: Hands-on build
“Oreo-making Video” is part of the Design Activities resource, which compiles activities that students can use to practice and reflect on design processes. In “Oreo-making video”, students will work in teams to view Bon Appetit's video, "Pastry Chef Attempts To Make Gourmet Oreos", and track the pastry chef's design process to gain a better understanding of what design process tracing looks like.
Subject area: Capturing data, Data visualization
Activity type: Video
“Balloon Car” is part of the Design Activities resource, which compiles activities that students can use to practice and reflect on design processes. In “Balloon Car”, students will work in teams to create, iterate, and test a balloon-powered vehicle.
Subject area: Capturing data, Data visualization, Teamwork
Activity type: Hands-on build
“Soccer World Cup” is part of the Design Activities resource, which compiles activities that students can use to practice and reflect on design processes. In “Soccer World Cup, students will work in teams to make a device to score a ping-pong "soccer" goal.
Subject area: Capturing data, Data visualization, Teamwork
Activity type: Hands-on build
“Marshmallow Tower” is part of the Design Activities resource, which compiles activities that students can use to practice and reflect on design processes. In “Marshmallow Tower”, students will work in teams to create the tallest freestanding tower out of dry spaghetti noodles and duct tape to support a jumbo marshmallow at the top.
Subject area: Capturing data, Data visualization, Teamwork
Activity type: Hands-on build