Reflections

The students worked on their toy design reflections. If they did not finish their responses in class, then they were asked to work on them over the weekend. The reflections are due on Monday.

Criteria (must haves)

•Your toy must be an exciting, interactive toy that is appealing to children

•Your toy must use at least two or more forms of energy

•You must advertise your toy through a commercial or slideshow that persuades children and parents to buy it

•You must have a expository writing piece explaining how your toy works and what forms of energy it uses

 

Constraints

•It cannot be a toy that is already existing today

•Use only K’Nex to build prototype

•Time- one week

 

How did your toy meet the criteria (must haves)? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Explain how is your toy exciting and interactive for children?

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What was different about your final design from your initial plans?   

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What do you think could improve your design?

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What did you do that worked well? Why?

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What did you do that didn’t work well? Why?

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What challenges did you face in your design process?

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How do you know that energy was involved? What evidence do you have?

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List and describe 5 properties of matter (texture, color, shape, mass, magnetic, sink or float, length, flexibility, etc) of your toy.

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List all four forms of energy and two examples of each one.

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