The fourth grade students have been mastering the engineering design process in Science class thus far. They have worked on two assignments that have incorporated the different steps while creating fun, real life structures. For the first activity, the students went through the engineer design process to build a bridge. Once the bridge was successfully completed, the students tested it to see how many pennies it could hold. For the second activity, students used a specific budget and materials to plan and build a boat. After they made a floatable boat, they tested it to see how many marbles it could hold. Improvements were made during both activities as they cycled through the engineer design process.
