{"id":47,"date":"2021-02-02T17:05:08","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T17:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/hse\/?page_id=47"},"modified":"2025-07-30T19:24:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T19:24:58","slug":"everyday-engineering","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/hse\/everyday-engineering\/","title":{"rendered":"Everyday Engineering \/ Ingenier\u00eda diaria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Engineering is not just about building bridges or tall buildings\u2014it\u2019s a process that engineers follow to create and test solutions to a problem. We also use this process to solve problems every day, like figuring out a food recipe or building a bookshelf. Like science inquiry, young children naturally engage in engineering design as they play and explore the world around them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You don\u2019t need to be an expert in engineering to help your child use engineering design skills or practice everyday problem-solving. You can use the activities, videos, and resources on this website to learn about engineering together. Talking about the engineering design process with your child and using the process when you play together is a great way to get your child interested in engineering and help them develop problem-solving skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Head Start on Engineering project, we describe engineering as designing and testing ideas to solve problems in work and life<\/em>. With families, we introduce the engineering design process as a five-step, iterative cycle:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Ask\u2014Ask questions to understand the problem and what you need to solve it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Imagine\u2014Brainstorm as many possible solutions and designs as you can.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Plan\u2014Pick a design and decide how you will use your materials.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Create\u2014Build and test your design to see how well it solves the problem.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Improve\u2014Make changes to your design based on what you learned.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n
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    Watch the videos here<\/a> for examples of everyday engineering in action. You can also download this handout<\/a> as a simple reminder of the engineering design process when engaging with young children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Para Espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n

    Engineering is not just about building bridges or tall buildings\u2014it\u2019s a process that engineers follow to create and test solutions to a problem. We also use this process to solve problems every day, like figuring out a food recipe or building a bookshelf. Like science inquiry, young children naturally engage in engineering design as they play and explore the world around them.<\/p>\n

    (Video also available in Spanish<\/a> and Arabic<\/a>)<\/p>\n

    You don\u2019t need to be an expert in engineering to help your child use engineering design skills or practice everyday problem-solving.  » Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"1","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-47","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/hse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/hse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/hse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/hse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/hse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/hse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2629,"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/hse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47\/revisions\/2629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/hse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}