Brett Schilke

Adventures in Engineering for Kids (eBook, ePUB)

35 Challenges to Design the Future - Journey to City X - Without Limits, What Can Kids Create?

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Help your kids take charge of the world they want to create by designing inventions and solutions to challenges faced in the imaginary City X, the first human settlement on another planet. *2021 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books in Hands-On Science Longlist* *2021 EUREKA! Nonfiction Children's Honor Book* Adventures in Engineering for Kids features:

• 35 hands-on problem-solving, design thinking, and engineering activities
• Flexible and adaptable content for different ages and stages
• Social distance compatibility

Design an Irresistible Future In settling another planet, humans discover a host of challenges, much like those faced on Earth. The Mayor of City X has established an elite engineering team called the Irresistible Futures Agency, charged with tackling major challenges like:

• Energy
• Environment
• Transportation
• Security
• Food
• Safety
• Health

Problem Solving, Design Thinking, and Engineering As an Irresistible Futures engineer, kids (and adults!) come up with their own unique solutions to big problems. They use design thinking, systems thinking, and other problem-solving activities that are part of being a good engineer for the future. Activities help them:

• Explore the impact of global challenges
• Make complex issues simple and understandable
• Imagine a better future
• Create solutions to the challenges they care most about
• Share their best ideas with the world

Science-Fact and Real-World Case Studies Along the way, readers learn about real-world innovators and technologies that are making this future possible, from inventors building megastructures in space to companies powering cities with baby poop. Diversity and Inclusion In each Chapter, kids design a solution for citizens of City X, who share perspectives on each challenge. The 35 citizens represent a diversity of culture, age, gender, background, and ability, so every reader can see themselves in the story and expand their perspective at the same time. Without limits, what can kids create? About the Series: Design thinking-creative problem solving-will be crucial to resolving the global challenges in business, politics, and the environment facing the next generation. Each book in the Design Genius Jr. series teaches kids this important skill through fun, hands-on projects in a single area of design that challenge them to identify problems, explore possibilities, test ideas, and then come up with original solutions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rockport Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Altersempfehlung: ab 8 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781631598401
• Artikelnr.: 60860509

Autorenporträt

Brett Schilke is a globally-recognized expert on the future of learning and the future of work, and is the co-creator of the City X Project, a problem solving, design, and engineering course for kids that's used in over 75 countries and nationwide in China. He is an advisor to multiple education startups, and has designed future-focused curriculum and learning experiences for the United States Congress and the UAE Ministry of Education. Brett also currently leads the Task Force for the Future of Work for the G20 Engagement Group on Youth.Currently serving on the faculty of Singularity University in Silicon Valley, Brett designs and leads initiatives to redesign the global K12 education system. He regularly writes on education and the future of youth on various media properties and averages over 30 global speaking engagements each year. Design Genius Jr. Engineering: 40 Challenges to Design the Future as You Journey to City X is his first book. He lives in Palo Alto, California.

Inhaltsangabe

YOUR JOURNEY TO CITY X STARTS HERE . . .
TRANSMISSION FROM THE MAYOR OF CITY X
 
1 Design the Future of TRANSPORTATION
Understand the Challenge Transportation Basics
Explore: Immerse Yourself in the Challenge
User Research: Survey
Synthesize: Create a “What-if” Question
Design a Solution
Case Study: The Importance of Perspective
Imagine: The Blank Page
Create: Improve and Repeat
Share: The Three-Act Story
 
2 Design the Future of ENVIRONMENT
Understand the Challenge Environment Basics
Explore: My Little Corner of the World
User Research: Vote
Synthesize: The Why Game
Design a Solution
Case Study: Biomimicry
Imagine: The Creative Walk
Create: Build a Prototype
Share: Your Citizen’s Irresistible Future
 
3 Design the Future of COMMUNICATION
Understand the Challenge Communication Basics
Explore: The “What’s in My Head?” Game
User Research: Letter Writing
Synthesize: Draw a Problem Map
Design a Solution
Case Study: Innovation by Accident
Imagine: Scrambled Imagination
Create: Blueprint Your Idea
Share: Storyboard
 
4 Design the Future of FOOD
Understand the Challenge Food Basics
Explore: Make an Empathy Web
User Research: Word On the Street
Synthesize: The Four P’s
Design a Solution
Case Study: Building Our New Home World
Imagine: Interconnected Challenges
Create: Clay Modeling
Share: TV Commercial
 
5 Design the Future of HEALTH
Understand the Challenge Health Basics
Explore: Your Own Life
User Research: Point of Service
Synthesize: Think like a Doctor
Design a Solution
Case Study: The World’s Youngest Space Engineer
Imagine: Designing with Constraints
Create: Feedback from Everyone
Share: A Poetic Solution
 
6 Design the Future of ENERGY
Understand the Challenge Energy Basics
Explore: Live a Day
User Research: Data Analysis
Synthesize: First Principles
Design a Solution
Case Study: Horse Poop 9 Feet High
Imagine: “This is not a . . .”
Create: Focus Group
Share: Musically Speaking
 
7 Design the Future of SAFETY
Understand the Challenge Safety Basics
Explore: Safety First
User Research: Town Hall
Synthesize: Systems Thinking
Design a Solution
Case Study: Innovation vs Invention
Imagine: Outside the Box
Create: Engineer’s Choice
Share: Your Moment of Fame
 
Conclusion
Your Irresistible Future
Thank you from the Mayor of City X
What Is Your Irresistible Future?
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Index