We always want to feel comfortable at home throughout the year, although we could use air conditioners during summer, and heat furnace during winter to keep a nice temperature inside the house, there might be a better way – build a heat shield around the house, so no heat can enter or exit the room, which means we can have constant temperature at home without paying for utilities. In fact, the wall around your house is a kind of heat shield, but with a relatively low effectiveness; scientists and engineers are trying to make it better.
The student handout will be given to all students working on the design challenge. It gives a brief recap of the story, it helps the students identify what they are attempting to achieve, and it recaps the design process.
Heat Shield TEK8 Facilitator’s Guide
This Instructor’s Guide provides the instructor additional information on how to run the design challenge with alternatives for materials and test setups as well as information to help make the design challenge a good educational experience.
The Telling the Story Video conveys the societal impact of the student’s research that is the basis for the design challenge and will set the problem-solving context for students.
The Design Challenge Video leads students through the design process. It indicates materials available, states what the criteria are for success and any constraints. It also gives a second ‘level’ of the design challenge that allows ‘early completers’ to move on to a slightly more difficult challenge.