Starter quiz
- Simple machines are designed by engineers. Why do people use machines?
- they make factories look up to date
- they make is easier to perform tasks ✓
- they are enjoyable to work with
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- What is the main role of an engineer?
- to grow crops and raise animals
- to sell products for a company
- to design solutions and help solve problems ✓
- to organise meetings and other events
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- Engineers design and create new processes or machines that have not been used before. What are these called?
- levers
- projects
- pulleys
- inventions ✓
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- Ancient Egyptian engineers used inclined planes to help build the pyramids. What do inclined planes help people to do?
- join materials together
- raise the height of a load without lifting ✓
- split materials
- lift loads using a wheel and rope
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- Match the skills that an engineer might have to the examples.
- being curious⇔I wonder why some insects are red. ✓
- being observant⇔I’ve noticed that the birds don’t eat red insects. ✓
- being creative⇔I could design a red scarecrow to keep birds away. ✓
- An engineer is including gears in their design. Which of these gear systems will make the output turning force slower and stronger than the input?
- 1. the small gear is turned as the input ✓
- 2. the large gear is turned as the input
Exit quiz
- What does “collaborate” mean?
- to work in competition with someone
- to do someone’s work for them
- to check someone does their work
- to work together with someone ✓
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- Match the skills engineers and scientists need for a project to be successful.
- communication⇔sharing ideas and plans through writing, diagrams photos or talking ✓
- problem-solving⇔overcoming events or issues that make a project hard to complete ✓
- resilience⇔coping with challenges without giving up ✓
- Which part of scientists' tests are likely to be most useful to engineers?
- their predictions
- their methods
- their results and conclusions ✓
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- When scientists and engineers collaborate, what could help a project run smoothly?
- each team working in separate buildings
- each team having different colour t-shirts
- each team understanding their roles ✓
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- Match the job title to the example task.
- scientist⇔test different materials that could be used to build bridges ✓
- engineer⇔design and build machines used to collect samples ✓
- If you are ______ you are able to cope with challenges without giving up.
- 'resilient' ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Scientists share their test results and conclusions with engineers to help in the design of new products.
- Good quality communication is needed to make sure new problems don't arise.
- Scientists and engineers understand their role in a project to make sure it runs smoothly.
- Teams are resilient and think of solutions to problems they find.
Common misconception
Engineers only design buildings or fix things that are broken.
A range of examples of how and where engineers work will be given.
Keywords
Collaborate - When you collaborate with someone, it means that you work with them.
Communicate - To communicate is to share your ideas and plans through writing or talking and could include using photographs, charts, diagrams and videos.
Challenge - A challenge is something difficult that requires effort to do or overcome.
Problem-solving - Problem-solving is working to find solutions to problems.
Resilient - If you are resilient, you are able to cope with challenges without giving up.
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