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Kid Engineer: Wearable Technology

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Kid Engineer: Wearable Technology
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Summary

Invents a piece of wearable tech to solve a problem. Watch the engineering design process in action — define the problem, imagine solutions, build a prototype, then test and improve it — and see how technology can be built into things we wear.

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Discussion questions

Talk about this young engineer's work:

  1. What problem did the inventor notice, and who does the solution help?
  2. How did they test their idea, and what did they learn — think about how technology can be built into things we wear.
  3. What problem in your own life could you solve with the engineering design process?

Quick work-a-long

Words to know: engineer, problem, prototype, iterate.

Try it:

  1. Name a problem you'd like to fix at home or at school.
  2. Sketch two designs that could solve it, then circle the one you'd build first.