The Trouble with Trolls

Have you ever set a trap for something?

Treva has asked us to design some prototypes of "troll friendly" traps so that she can move the pesky trolls to the neighboring mountain.

1. Get with your partner and check out the material tray. These are your constraints*.

2. Design Time on your own. Diagram and label your idea.

3. Share your ideas with your partner. Come up with a plan together. Can you combine your ideas?

4. Make a "troll Friendly" trap.

5. Test it out!

6. Improve: Make changes to your design as needed.

7. Document: Get photo taken with final prototype and design page.

8. Be ready to present your prototype!

The class moves around to each prototype and the designer shares out.

Norms:

Everyone participates

Be kind, helpful and specific

Celebrate everyone’s hard work

Introduce yourselves

Share your prototype

Talk about the design process

(T.M.I. Think-Make-Improve)

Talk about the materials you used

Talk about teamwork

Thank you and any questions

Celebrations!

Engineers love to make labeled diagrams (or models). Labled diagrams look like this!

(chart for classroom)

What do engineers do?

Possible Answers..... Have fun! Collaborate! Invent! Change stuff! (iterate) Make it better! Try again! Test! Use resources creatively, Problem solving! Help people!.....

-Try to complete in one class

-*Constraints include: tape, scissors, sharpies, yarn, index cards, paper, straws, popsicle sticks, caps, toilet paper rolls, card board, variety of size cups, pipecleaners, ....

-I bought some troll figurines for them to use for this activity.

-Music: The Trolls Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

-Payment idea: powder sugar donut holes look like snowballs!