Summary
George sets out to build his own race car, sketching ideas and testing them out. He learns that engineers plan, build, and improve their designs.
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Discussion questions
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Engineers ask what a design needs to do, draw a plan, build it, and then improve it after testing. George's race car gets better each try.
- What did George's race car need to be able to do?
- What did George change to make his car work better?
- Why do engineers test their designs more than once?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: design, build, test, improve.
Try it: Sketch a race car. Label one part that helps it go fast and one change you'd test.