Remember S.T.E.M stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths.
So, what is Engineering and an Engineer?
So what is an Engineer?
The Engineering Process
So, how do we go about being engineers?
In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks to us about the Engineering Process and why we should do things in order, as well as many of the questions we should ask along the way.
Defining A Problem
So, how do engineers even figure out what problem needs to get fixed?
And what’s the difference between identifying a problem and just complaining about something.
In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks about how we can all be better Engineers by understand what problems we want or need to solve.
Defining Success
In our last episode, Sabrina talked about how Engineers define the problems they need to solve.
But how do you know when you’ve actually solved a problem?
What do you expect to happen that would equal success?
In this episode, Sabrina chats about how Engineers look at results to help them know when they’ve achieved success.
Defining A Solution
So, there might not be just one solution to a problem.
I know that may sound weird, but it’s true.
So, how do you come up with multiple solutions?
In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Engineer Sabrina shows us how to do that.
Let’s Fly
Selecting which solution is the best solution to a problem may seem difficult at first.
But if you are patient and think about what you need an effective solution to be, you can do it.
In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina shows us how to do just that by going back to our original problem at the gorge.
What ifs
Variables:
What are they?
In the case of engineering, variables are a condition or value that can change. Sometimes we control a variable, sometimes we don’t.
In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina chats to us about how variables affect our choices as engineers.
Engineering Games
So how can a game teach us about engineering? Pretty easily!
When you’re trying to solve a game, or a puzzle, or whatever, you will have a bunch of variables.
The trick is knowing how to change one variable at a time to see what changes. In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina plays a game with Catbot to show us how!
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