Title: Plan a solution to an engineering design problem.
Course: Inventions and Innovations (21099-36) > Section: Applying the Engineering Design Process

Planning should include

- defining an engineering design problem that you want to solve
- brainstorming and researching possible solutions for the engineering design problem

- planning the chosen solution
  - identifying resources needed to produce the design (e.g., tools, energy, materials, people, time, information, and capital)
  - illustrating the chosen solution, using sketches or drawings
- predicting how the design will work.

Process/Skill Questions:

- Why is it necessary to identify the problem and define the goal?
- Why is documentation of each step important?
- What are methods of illustration?
- What are some effective brainstorming strategies?
- What are some effective research strategies?
- Why is making a prediction valuable prior to testing the solution?
- Why is collaboration beneficial when planning a solution?