Parachutes Vocabulary
Across
- 4. The interactions of a group of people aimed at accomplishing a common goal
- 5. Any thing or process that people create and use to solve a problem
- 7. To change or improve one or more aspects of a technology, such as its cost, efficiency, looks, or parts
- 11. The five steps that engineers use to design something to solve a problem, to: “Ask,” “Imagine,” “Plan,” “Create,” and “Improve.”
Down
- 1. A way to measure the success of a solution or part of a solution to an engineering problem; a way of trying ideas to see how well they work
- 2. The ideal solution for which people aim when designing a technology
- 3. A characteristic of a material, such as how it looks and feels and how it behaves in different conditions
- 6. A person who uses his or her creativity and understanding of materials, tools, mathematics, and science to design things that solve problems
- 8. A plan for how to build a solution to a problem
- 9. An engineer who designs objects that go into space, as well as other crafts that fly, such as airplanes
- 10. In engineering, a need or desire that motivates the creation of a technology
- 12. An answer, design, or technology that solves a problem