Students review the principals of design or are introduced to them for the first time. The intention of the assignment is to reinforce the principles. There are strategies given to help diverse learners. The use of pictures is essential...

Middle schoolers research the damage to the environment by certain plant species. They create an experimental design which they test how these species take over certain habitats. They share their information with the class.

Students create crayon scratch designs. In this craft lesson, students use crayons to color a sheet of paper and then scratch their own designs using a paper clip.

Students design and make products and take into account how the products will be used. In this problem solving lesson, students use a range of sources of information to test their design thinking while creating a canal vessel that can...

Students interpret non-literary texts, investigate how language works, and how information is conveyed in a range of texts. In this poster critiquing lesson, students identify stylistic features and main points of a variety of posters...

Ninth graders design a flag for any flag day of their choice. They may select an existing group but need to redesign the logo or make one up of their own, limiting their colors to a maximum of three or four to keep costs down. They make...

Eleventh graders investigate the technology of designing toys by conducting interviews with preschool age children. Ideas are obtained for making new types of toys. They design the toys and then use computer technology to share the...

Students engage in a instructional activity that is about the concept of earthquake design. The instructional activity includes the integration of technology and how it can be used to create buildings and structures for withstanding an...

Learners evaluate the acceptable use of classroom space. The class participated in a brief lecture and discuss of floor plans and how they are used in architecture. Using graph paper, they create a scale drawing of the classroom...

Students are given the task of designing an apartment. In groups, they practice estimating the area and perimeter of different shapes. After designing their space, they apply the same formulas to solving real-world story problems.

Students investigate the technology that is used to harvest apples as a crop. They look at examples of past and present machines. The information is used as inspiration for creating their own device to pick and harvest apples for mass...

Students investigate the architecture found in cemeteries in order to separate different time periods of distinct design. The use of examples helps them to recognize the design in correlation to its time. The instructional activity is...

High schoolers investigate the function of a floor stretcher and some of the past designs. The goal is to improve the design durability and ease of use. Then they sketch their ideas and write a rationale for changes made to the structure.

Sixth graders identify how to use pulleys to change the direction of force. Students develop ways to evaluate designs, noting that no one best design exists and that different tasks require different designs. Students designs will vary.

Students, working in groups, design and create a model of a playground shelter, based on specific criteria. Student designs must include research and analysis into weather conditions, safety factors and the cost of the finalized project.

Students examine the use of steamboats in North Carolina. In groups, they design and contruct their own small models of steamboats using simple materials. They test their models in water and share how they were built and why. They...

Students brainstorm to decide the best way to mark off square areas (that they will later study) that are smaller than one meter. They compare the suitability of different designs and create "mini-square markers." Finally, they test...

Students list perspective types, identify views, list uses for perspectives and correctly define terms associated with perspectives.

Students examine aesthetic concepts and reflect on them in their journals. They construct individual taste collages from an assortment of two and three-dimensionakl objects.

Twelfth graders utilize the computer and various software programs in order to design a 3 dimensional package which they submit a cost estimate sheet of production in their oral presentation.