Unit 0 Student Deck PDF
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IED Unit 0
Engineering Foundations & Rocket Launch Pad Challenge
Students build engineering habits, safety routines, documentation practices, and early design-process skills through a hands-on launch pad challenge.
Unit 0 Student Presentation
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Unit 0 Student Deck PPTX
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Daily Lesson List
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| Lesson | Title | Focus Question |
|---|---|---|
| 0.1 | Course Launch & Engineering Mindset | What does it mean to think and work like an engineer? |
| 0.2 | Engineering Notebook Setup & Course Resources | How will you organize engineering work and access course resources? |
| 0.3 | Safety Acknowledgment, PPE & FabLab Orientation | How do safety expectations protect people, tools, materials, and project quality? |
| 0.4 | Engineering Design Process | How do engineers improve an idea through testing and redesign? |
| 0.5 | Engineering Notebook & Documentation Basics | How do engineers document decisions so work can be understood later? |
| 0.6 | Problem Definition, Criteria & Constraints | How do engineers define a problem before designing a solution? |
| 0.7 | Rocket Launch Pad Design Challenge Launch | How can a team define and begin solving a launch pad design problem? |
| 0.8 | Launch Pad Build Plan | How can a build plan make prototype construction safer and more effective? |
| 0.9 | Launch Pad Prototype Build Day | How do engineers turn a plan into a physical prototype? |
| 0.10 | Launch Pad Testing and Improvement | How does testing reveal what should improve? |
| 0.11 | Launch Pad Final Documentation and Design Review | How can a team communicate design decisions and improvements? |
| 0.12 | Unit 0 Portfolio Check and Design Reflection | How does your Unit 0 evidence show engineering growth? |
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Linked Lesson Resources
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Engineering Resource Library
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Open ResourceEngineering Graph Paper
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Open ResourceEngineering Notebook Table of Contents
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Open ResourceProblem Definition Worksheet
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