Teaching Tennessee, CTE Task: Work, Force, Power & Machines​

Task Description

Standards

In this task, students will work in small groups to generate solutions using the engineering design process.

Standard 11: In teams, document the process of completing a simple project, such as building or using one or more simple machines. Participate in and describe each engineering design process step in an engineering notebook. Create a physical prototype or model based on the constraints specified in the project and the data gathered in the process of development.

 Content Understandings

Extending Understandings

Upon successful completion of these tasks students will demonstrate the ability to:

1. Recognize and identify the six simple machines.
2. Explain why engineers use simple machines.
3. Utilize the engineering design process.

To move students towards deeper understanding, they should be given opportunities to:

• Identify other situations that simple machines could be used to make a task easier.
• Identify a real world problem that the engineering design process could solve.

Support Strategies

If students are struggling to access this task, additional supports and strategies could be employed as students are engaging with the task.