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Project Abstract Mission and Goals Project Personnel Key Learning Objectives Methodological Overview Anticipated Products Game Play Overview Objectives Underlying Philosophy
Object of Game Game Play Research design and Evaluation Dissemination Plan Instructor Design Interface Plan for Classroom Testing and Validating Materials Project Work Plan
Objectives
The overarching game objectives are to teach middle school students that:
- Technological design is an iterative process that requires optimization and making trade-offs.
- To create optimal solutions, designs are modeled, tested, evaluated, and modified.
- Modeling helps us plan, visualize, and design the outside and the inside of a structure.
- A small surface area to volume ratio in a geometric shape minimizes heat loss. An extension: Larger animals have a lower surface area to volume ratio than smaller animals, so they radiate less body heat per unit of mass, and stay warmer in cold climates (like a polar bear).
- Materials are chosen on the basis of their properties and availability.
- Structural design is based on style, convenience, climate, and function. In most cases, cost is an important factor.