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    This document outlines new standards for science projects that distinguish between scientific inquiry projects and engineering/technological design projects. Scientific inquiry projects require a hypothesis, while engineering/technological design projects require a design statement with measurable criteria for success. Both must present results from repeated trials. The document also provides an overview of the scientific method compared to the engineering design process.

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    This document outlines new standards for science projects that distinguish between scientific inquiry projects and engineering/technological design projects. Scientific inquiry projects require a hypothesis, while engineering/technological design projects require a design statement with measurable criteria for success. Both must present results from repeated trials. The document also provides an overview of the scientific method compared to the engineering design process.

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    Approved January 12, 2008

    by the Junior Academy Council


    New section to be added to the Science Day Standards.
    Scientific inquiry vs. technological or engineering design projects.
    Inquiry projects shall have hypotheses; technological and engineering design projects shall
    have design statements with measurable criteria for success.
    Just as scientific inquiry projects require (1) the identification of a problem or question and
    (2) a proposed hypothesis that might offer a solution to the problem or answer the question, so
    too, engineering and technological design projects require (1) a problem or needs statement and
    (2) a design statement that identifies such limiting factors and criteria for success or meeting the
    design as cost or affordability, reliability (mean time between failure MTBF), material limits
    (strength, weight, resistance to corrosion, color, surface texture, ease of manufacture or
    reproducibility), operating environment or conditions (temperature, humidity, barometric
    pressure, caustic conditions), ergonomics (human factors), health and safety and general ease of
    use or operation.
    In a manner similar to the development of methods used to test a hypothesis, engineering
    and technological design projects must test the design statement to see how close a prototype,
    for example, comes to meeting the design criteria. A prototype developed for an engineering and
    technological design project must achieve stated design objectives and satisfy specified
    constraints. Generally the results of an engineering and technological design project will
    describe the extent to which the prototype met the design criteria. An inquiry project shall state
    the extent to which the results derived from experimentation validate or invalidate a hypothesis.
    Thus a hypothesis is to inquiry as design is to engineering and technology. In all cases students
    must present the results of repeated trials.
    The Technological
    or Engineering Design Process

    The Scientific Method


    State a question or problem.

    Define a problem or need.

    Gather background information.

    Gather background information.

    Formulate hypothesis; identify variables.

    Establish design statement or criteria for


    success.

    Design experiment; establish procedure(s).

    Prepare preliminary designs.

    Test hypothesis multiple times by an


    experiment.

    Build a prototype and test multiple times.

    Analyze results & draw conclusions.

    Analyze results; verify, test & redesign as


    necessary.

    Present results.

    Present results.

    Administrative notes:
    1. Technology is not limited to computers. Technology encompasses aerospace &
    aviation, agriculture & food technology, construction, energy, environment and
    natural resources, information & communications, manufacturing, materials,
    medicine & health and transportation.
    2. As appropriate, hypothesis or design statement will replace the term hypothesis
    in the Science Day Standards.
    -end-

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