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Design Thinking Structure Update
Design Thinking Structure Update
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Written by Lissa Johnson
Updated over a week ago

The activities in this unit remain largely the same, but some have been reordered to improve the flow of the unit. In addition, there were two big improvements made. 

-First, students will now begin with a real world event.
-Second, the Mosa Mack mystery has been moved to lesson 3 to align it more tightly with the rescue device that students create in the engineering challenge.

The Original Design:
Lesson 1: Mosa Mack Mystery of Saving Dullis, kids figure out the
Lesson 2: Rescue Tower + Analyzing engineering successes and failures
Lesson 3: Engineer a way to rescue Dullis

The New Design:
Lesson 1: Jeddah Tower Clip + Tallest Tower Challenge (previously called the “rescue tower challenge”)
Lesson 2: “Float your Boat Challenge” + Analyzing engineering successes and failures
Lesson 3: Mosa Mack Mystery of Saving Dullis + Engineer a way to rescue Dullis.

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We hope you enjoy the updated unit!

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