Unnecessary Inventions: Exploring the Engineering Design Process
by Jackie Nichols
Money, creative urge, ego, desire to help others, intellectual challenge and curiosity - inventors develop ideas for all of these reasons and all are valid, according to Invention City. During this lesson students explore the engineering design process as a team, in unusual, creative, and often humorous ways. While playing the Unnecessary Inventions Game students balance creativity, humor, and their knowledge of engineering design principles.
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