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Introduction to Engineering Challenge

[Music] welcome to the app Academy Leonard this is mr. Ellis sixth grade science class final minute Sienna make sure you've something written in the left column and in the middle column nice dose Oh No hands down one minute 60 59 58 57 Merida ladies keep working on your do now or dear 50 seconds Nielsen's found less than 12 Jose is getting organized Marek Carlos done and Deering thirty Seconds Merritt Neil ishka thank you for being responsible with that you've got 20 seconds Anderson is done and Deering Oh meow Merritt for remembering you can go get it I got a free one meal who can read number one anderson Powermat in alaska power merit darwin wilbur for the class who is gonna snap it up we're starting with our power merits welcome to unit three on engineering I know we've been this is actually day one and I don't know what you know from fifth grades so I just want to answers from the first box and two from the second box what do you know about engineering hands down truck jose mateo and shine you've married Jose for the agreement signal and merit Jose for the good start track Edgar what do you know but you have to be careful hands down if you track the middle picture or me sometimes people thinks it's just motors engineers might also design medicines engineers might also design replacement limbs for people who lose them during wars engineers don't just make machines what do you want to know about engineering what do you want to know hands down track Jose Francis shining power and you won't get that this unit but we'll talk about that later this year and hands down track Jalen what do you want to know they almost always build things sometimes though they might design things they might not be building things every day tracking up here so far this year we've just been talking about science science is all about discovering new knowledge so we understand the universe like scientists might go out and they might say oh man I just discovered this new galaxy super far away one loosed America at your hand down they might say oh man I just discovered how particles work but engineering is all about using the knowledge to design solutions and solve problems so if scientists say oh man here's the galaxy engineers would say sweet how do we solve the problem of I need to discover it and it's really far away I have to invent a space shuttle engineers are using the knowledge scientists find to design solutions to problems so here is your first problem you need to solve during this unit with power Brande yep repeat after me Franny tower Glenn repeat after me Hedgehog Hedgehog track me this is Glenn the hedgehog everyone say hi Glenn so you guys might not know this but I actually I don't have a dog and I don't have a cat I have a hedgehog this is my hedgehog her name is Eleanor and she is the best hedgehog ever snap it up for Eleanor the hedgehog this is not a joke this is legitimately my hedgehog and because someone didn't believe me I took a picture last night with Eleanor on my shoulder she really likes to crawl and like hide but she couldn't find a place to hide so I took a good picture this is Eleanor and Eleanor is very important this is Glenn who is her slightly less alive cousin this is a hedgehog everyone say hi hedgehogs hedgehogs are great they're normally really spiky but this one is not now here's the problem hedgehogs are important a ladies can you see Glenn the Hedgehog no not really I want to make hands down a tower tall enough that I can see Glenn the Hedgehog because the problem is I want to see Glenn Glenn is really important to me but I can't see Glenn Glenn is on the floor who can tell me what's the problem I need to solve today hands down track Wilbur and shine hey turn the page at the top of page to stop and jot you have one minute what is the problem we need to solve today what is the problem I need to solve today merit Edgar started right away one Luis is writing a ladies is writing what is the problem I need to solve today top the page - what is the problem we need to solve angels writing neatly she is writing smart hand Merritt - Carlos you write hedgehog in case you're looking for some spelling help h e d GE h OG when you are done show me a thumb you have 30 seconds a lady's posture met Edgar looks ready Oscar looks ready not that one yeah 15 14 13 angel looks ready angel de mer get your arm off your chair seven six five four three two thumbs down right or tract Anderson Anderson what's the problem I need to solve today who can tell me what Anderson said Carlos or what you thought and again hedgehogs name today is Glenn this is Glenn everyone Sagan hi Glenn but the problem is you don't really know how you're doing this and on page 2 right below where you just wrote the problem I want you to brainstorm what do you think you need to know to solve this problem second stop and John what do you think you need to know what questions do you have for me what do you need to know to solve this problem think about it and try to write at least one question you have for me in the next minute what do you mean to know Jose has an idea Darwin is writing angels writing what do you need to know from me anyway she has a great question for me you've got 30 seconds if you think you're done early see if you can come up with another question ten seconds Neela has got a question Antoine's got his question see if you can think of one more since you're done early rally Robin hey then be a share your question B share your question and if your partner gives you something you didn't think of write that down - you have one minute sir when I see the paper between you you lean and that's what respect looks like mitts Merida ladies adding to her answer Merritt Neal ishka adding to her answer men are Jill 90 Smurf Randi Jose did she give you anything you didn't have you wrote it down write or track me below the stop and jot I want you to write a t-chart and we're gonna write down not the questions you asked me but the answers if it's important I need to tell you who has a question for me about what you need to know today track Carlos or write the weather good question we are building it inside you must test inside so I'm gonna answer Carlos's question test inside on a desk good question make sure you write down the answer to Carlos's question Darwin what do you need to know today do you know you've got cards how do you know you've got cards Merritt Darwin for being observing so I'm gonna broaden that question to the materials you need today here are your materials you get 50 index cards plus 1 foot of tape 50 index cards and one foot of tape you may also use hands down for just a minute you may also use scissors + ruler but not in the tower so you can use them to build but Anderson can I actually put the scissors and ruler in my tower I cannot give me a thumb when you have those written and then I'll take the next question ready ready ready ready I'll give you 10 more seconds before I take the next question what else do you need to know all right next question Fran D what do you need to know hands down track Fran d a great question you have 20 minutes to build 20 minutes to build angel what's your question hands down shining on him well you're going to have these materials on your desk the one other rule that could answer his question hands down is you can't tape tower to desk so you can use tape but Jaylin can I actually tape the tower to my desk hmm hands don't track Oscar if you're done writing well you're placing Glenn on top of the tower and that I can actually put on the left Glenn must be on the tower for 10 seconds Glenn must be on the tower for 10 seconds and Carlos asked a really important question about the weather guys I have bad news it's really really windy today antoine can you lend me your binder please so once we put Glenn on top of the tower Glenn must stay there for 10 seconds but then there's going to be a little bit of a wind today and the tower has to stand up to wind for 3 seconds so I'm gonna add that below Glenn must be on the tower for 10 seconds tower must stand up to wind tower must stand up to wind give me a thumb when you have those written Jose looks ready Neal Aska looks ready you guys are crushing it thumbs down there's only one question you did not ask me yet well actually - - hands down track 1 Louis that was one of my questions which is I won't tell you his weight but I will tell you you can hold Glenn but no tests early you can hold Glenn but if you put him on your tower early you will fail the challenge so if you ask me mister can I see Glenn I will say sure thing you can hold him you can hold him ok he won't bite you can hold him and feel how heavy or light he is but you cannot put him on the tower early there's only one question belongs on the left he must be on the tower for 10 seconds the tower must stand up to wind what do you think the last question you should ask me is hands down track Jaylin if you're done writing hmm well that I think is over here because he needs to be on the tower I can't see Glenn he's too far down so what question should you be asking hands down track Antoine that is the final question which the answer is your tower must be 15 centimeters tall what does cm mean again Wilbur your tower has to be how tall Darwin is correct final question when you're done writing track Jose Mateo what's up ah I'm gonna put that over here your groups are 2 or 3 and I have made groups for you I will tell you what they are in just a minute now how much time do you have for this challenge how much time do you have Carlos exactly let me show you how you will meet success today tracking me once you're done ready I see Darwin Carlos start a 4 out of 4 today you must rainstorm before beginning to build the next page has brainstorming space what does brainstorming meet hands down tracking Randy in the middle mayor for that good answer so if Jose's in a group with Darwin for example track me they would need to think together and have some ideas down before they get their materials which are over here your second point is you need to speak to your team and help your team respectfully one louis ii americans got to be down so for example if I see jaylen not talk the whole time she will not get that point third is respect teammates by speaking respectfully I think Blanc what do you think so for example if Oscar has a great idea he can't just talk he needs to say something like well I think we should use the cards this way angel what do you think and make sure that his teammate gets to speak to and the last point you have to share materials if I see someone go now the index cards are mine and not actually share any of the materials you will lose that fourth point for a merit what is not a criteria for success today what's not on this list because you're not graded on it hands down track Jose Mateo if you don't finish faster check a lady smear you're not gonna lose and you could still get a four out of four also if you fail if Jose's Tower doesn't work can he still get a four out four and it is more important to me to track the priors that I see you respect your team track me by talking respectfully in sharing materials then that I see you succeed capisce you're going to have 20 minutes I recommend you do five for brains from 15 to build I am going to tell you your groups you can pick whose desk you build on group number one is Carlos and will ver group number two is Jose Jose and the ladies group number three is Nilson Juan Luis and Jill Maddy's group number four is Randy Jalen and Anderson group number five is omiyo Camila and Edgar group number six is angel Oscar and Darwin you're actually going to come over and take one of these chairs to work with them and group number seven is Neil a sheikah Antoine track me some up or down can you get materials right away excellent thumbs down track the board you have 20 minutes for this challenge who did that wrong I did 20 seconds that is not enough time even for master engineers your 20 minutes begins now so you guys only have two which makes it even more important you're sharing conversations so I'm going to tell you what I told them you only have two makes it more important you both step up to have good conversations sign there can I pause you one I'm not a mess to be careful that everyone speaks you can draw or you can write for your brainstorm so you're telling me you're telling me who should you be telling this to there are no requirements for with good questions good questions because that's not in the materials list you can't use your binders you can only use the cards the tape and I can use the scissors and the ruler to help but they can't be in my towel hmm not in the tower just to help you make so are you guys drawing or writing your brain style okay well you guys drawing or writing the brainstorm okay I don't care what it looks like as long as you have some idea of what you're doing okay Merrick's so you guys are writing down your ideas good and you can draw to help you or if you'd rather you can just write a couple of sentences an angel Merritt we're going back to check the rules of the challenge that's a smart idea okay track me don't worry I've stopped the clock your time is not continuing my first group is done when you think your brainstorm is done and everyone has brainstorm written hold up your papers you will then get the following from me oh I see a group has their papers up put your papers down I give them one ruler Jose demerit you should be tracking me right now one ruler one scissors they got 50 index cards and remember you only get one foot of tape some people were asking me mister how much is one foot of tape it's not a lot it's only about that much so be careful with your design when I say go I am restarting the timer go okay there are your carts [Music] wait y'all met Jill nighties you need your tape too there you go all right last group worth the rest of your group they're still working there is your index carts ready [Music] a ladies was like do you guys need extra scissors or rulers [Music] now here's my question I see you holding materials and molding materials what does she get to do is that okay with you all of the scissors [Music] merit for the good thinking but do you need that much tape to connect those two cards so now the tricky thing is if this was a real if you were a real engineer you'd have to be careful with your materials because could you go say I'm gonna go buy a lot more steel for my bridge it'd cost a lot so be very careful with how you use your materials yes you can oh you guys drop some building materials so what is your idea for your design [Music] I like hmm why are you using triangles how do you think you could make it more stable well no I think the triangles are stable but is this your only base see that seems interesting to me because if we did that what do you think the bigger base would do Nielsen well what would that do to the top if the base is stronger I mean what are you observing the tower on your paper what does it look like in the base compared to the top but where is it bigger use that in your design also remember to keep checking the height to make sure it's on track track me I'm going to warn you your group is not on track for a 4 out of 4 why I'm still seeing you guys hold cards in her looking at you make sure every teammate is getting a chance to hold the cards ok Oh see that looks very stable that looks interesting [Music] [Music] you have a choice track me I am pausing the clock for exactly two minutes you may either use it to continue building or you may walk around to see what other groups are doing if you choose to walk around you cannot disrupt them or ask them questions because they're a busy building but you may either continue building or look at the other designs for the next two minutes [Music] so we've got our base there is he making more triangles I like it keep going I think that could make it really stable Oh meow when you've got to five minutes remaining use your timers okay good oh so I see you're going to add up squares how tall is each square I think it's taller than that looks like it's more like seven so you don't actually need that many more to get to 15 my only question is why did you choose to put them the short way instead of the tall way was there well could you do with the tall away now because then each one is even taller keep going yes sir you may Jose timer is going back on of course remember would you like to feel the head shot would you like to feel that job it's pretty light you know he is Jose remember if you failed the challenge that's fine but be respectful become do you understand it's like we talked about on Friday what do you do when it gets hard so what is our hideout how close are we to the goal 13 so you are this close okay let's do it is your base strong enough to support the top maybe you keep doing what you're doing then now careful is this stable enough how do we make it more stable now gentlemen you've got six minutes what's that what is our height right now [Music] whoo this looks interesting what is the height of it right now 70 good now make sure that you're dividing up responsibilities to get to 15 and 10 [Music] so as it so one I'm not miss to freeze track me communicate what could she be doing because you need to build more parts and you could have people building different parts right now well rifle in helping isn't helpful if she doesn't know what you're doing we need to communicate better than help me okay so you're making an additional bucks all right like it I'm sorry makes sense to me just make sure you're within the time and you'd reach 15 now it looks like everyone's getting involved gentlemen make sure to keep track of time you've five minutes five minute warning five minute warning gentlemen our Britt our tower is currently flat we need to make it go up in the next five minutes now do two boxes get you there or do you need to go higher well let's check it out oh you are so close keep it up do you need to feel Glenn the Hedgehog okay right now keep going that looks extremely stable does it meet the rules yet what does it meet the rules of the challenge yet what do you need to do in the next four minutes let's do it oh but careful can you test early can you test early you cannot test early [Music] so is it tall enough check page 216 what [Music] check page to see if there are any pieces that you have forgotten in this challenge yes you may but you cannot test with it early seems to stand up to win I like it [Music] now how are you going to stabilize the walls it's okay you've got two and a half minutes she does so the interesting thing is you've got here and here how do they fit together yes sir you guys have two parts we got to combine them two-minute warning so because you guys tested early you must change one thing because you were not supposed to test early 30 seconds Carlos okay did we struggle with the challenge but did you respect each other to do share materials you can still earn a fortune so it's okay calm down is this stable enough down here [Applause] [Music] hands-free track me in five four three two one track the board if you touch your design you have failed today's challenge remember this was the four out of four thumb up or down do you fail today's class if your tower doesn't work hands down track Nilsen shining Nilson does it say you'll get a zero if your tower doesn't work track me and in fact which of my four of the private private do you see most often on this slide today hands down truck Jose Mateo so track me if I can see you shining for other teams snapping for them you're earning yourself points today if I hear anything disrespectful you're losing yourself points today capisce I'm gonna start over here move over my first group was not able to build a tower so shine on them let's see if they can do better next challenge 21 centimeters tall hold that please Glenn needs to stay on for 10 seconds Glenn could not stay on snap for this group they met the 15 centimeter requirement this group tracking over here it does not it is 12 centimeters will Glenn be able to stand Glenn cannot stand on top snap it up for this group though for a very good effort this tower is exactly 15 point 2 centimeters tall will Glenn stay on 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 last requirement 3 second gust of wind snap it up for the first group to meet all three parts of the challenge 2 claps for them on soup 1 2 all right moving on to this group this group did not meet the height requirement it is only 8 centimeters tall will Glen stay on 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 and it stands up to wind snap it up for this group 2 out of 3 final group the group will stay serious this final group still meets the height requirement it is 22 centimeters tall will Glen stay on Glen will not stay on snap it up for this group for me in the height requirement track me posture check track up there jose francis remind me what word do I see over and over on that slide track me I heard a little giggling we fixed it groups were respectful snapping shiny Anderson merit to you congratulations you've completed your first engineering challenge don't worry there will be many more during this unit