Authentic Engineering Drawings
At the Tufts Lego Engineering Symposium, we were assigned the task of making a drawing of a device that could hover in a vertical wind tunnel powered by a fan. After time ran out, we were told that the we should pass the drawing and our device to another team to implement the modifications. While drawing, there was not a strong motivation to make a good drawing. Of course, if we knew that it would be used, there would have been a strong motivation.
Why do we have students do activities? Are we always clear in our expectations?
Jeff Heffernan discusses an activity he experienced at Tufts LEGO Engineering Symposium.
He has proposed an authentic drawing diagram to create authentic drawings. Drawings should be for external audiences and express high complexity.
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