Day 8: The Engineering Design Process and FLL Core Values

Today students learned about the relationship among Science, Engineering, and Technology. We also discussed about the steps of the Engineering Design Process and how that impacted on each one of them. During the course of the following days students will work intensively in teams under the guidance of an adult mentor. Groups will be given rounds of 20 minutes to work and then reconvene for a briefing session of 3 minutes to share what each one is up to and how they expect to continue for the next 20 minutes. Students need to understand that friendly competition and mutual gain are not separate goals, and that helping one another is the foundation of teamwork.

 

 

The Engineering Design Process

Massachusetts Department of Education (2008), Massachusetts Science and Technology / Engineering Curriculum Framework

 

Working as a team to find solutions with guidance from mentors

 

 FLL Core Values

1. We are a team.


2. We do the work to find solutions with guidance from our coaches and mentors.


3. We know our coaches and mentors don't have all the answers; we learn together.


4. We honor the spirit of friendly competition.


5. What we discover is more important than what we win.


6. We share our experiences with others.


7. We display Gracious Professionalism® and Coopertition® in everything we do.


8. We have FUN!

For more information about FLL Core Values, click here.