Engineering

High school (ages 12+)
Science & Technology

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/engineering

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is engineering?Engineering is the use of science, math, and experiments to design and build things that help people, like bridges, cars, and computers.
2. How do engineers create new inventions?Engineers start by figuring out a problem, then research and think of many ideas. They choose the best ones, make drawings and models, test them, and improve the design until it works well.

Algorithm: A step-by-step procedure or set of rules for solving a problem or performing a computation.
Biotechnology: The use of living systems and organisms to develop or make products, or any technological application that uses biological systems.
Finite Element Analysis (FEA): A computational method used to predict how a product reacts to real-world forces, vibration, heat, and other physical effects.