Learning Targets
- Present the final design solution and the user problem it addresses.
- Use evidence to defend major design decisions.
- Identify limitations, future improvements, and learning from the capstone.
IED Unit 5 • Lesson 5.18
Final Capstone Presentations
Focus question: How can engineers communicate the value, evidence, limitations, and future potential of a final design?
Mission Briefing
Today’s Plan
Use this page with the lesson presentation, your engineering notebook, and the tools or evidence assigned for Present and Defend the Capstone Solution.
Success Looks Like
You can deliver a final capstone presentation and reflect on the design process and future improvements.
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Opening Prompt
How can engineers communicate the value, evidence, limitations, and future potential of a final design?
Connect your response to the decision, evidence, or quality standard required for Present and Defend the Capstone Solution.
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This lesson is ready to move forward when the evidence meets this standard: The presentation communicates value without overstating performance and responds to questions using evidence.
Core Skill
What We Are Practicing
Final presentations communicate value and evidence, not just finished products.
Strong engineering teams acknowledge limitations and next steps.
Reflection helps engineers transfer learning to the next challenge.
Your Task
Present and Defend the Capstone Solution
Deliver the final presentation, demonstrate the design when appropriate, and answer questions with honest evidence and limitations.
- State the user need and design criteria.
- Explain the selected solution and prototype.
- Present testing, feedback, and responsible-design evidence.
- Acknowledge limitations and propose a realistic future improvement.
Quality check: The presentation communicates value without overstating performance and responds to questions using evidence.
Lesson Interactive
Check Whether a Final Claim Is Defensible
Select the evidence that belongs in a professional final presentation and choose the strongest way to answer an audience question.
Professional communication: credibility increases when engineers distinguish tested evidence from assumptions and future work.
Support claims with data and feedback, and state limitations honestly.
What You Will Submit
Final Capstone Submission
Submission standard: The presentation communicates value without overstating performance and responds to questions using evidence.
Resources
Lesson Resources
Lesson 5.18 PowerPoint
Use the lesson slides for guided practice, interactive checks, and the exit ticket.
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