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Grade 1 Reference Card
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START WITH A PROBLEM
  • Name who needs help
  • Say what is hard
  • Decide what success should do
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LOOK AT NATURE
  • Animal parts solve problems
  • Beaks, claws, and stems give ideas
  • Nature can inspire new tools
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PLAN AND BUILD
  • Draw your tool first
  • Label the most helpful parts
  • Build a simple model of version 1
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TEST AND IMPROVE
  • Try the model on the real problem
  • Notice what worked and what did not
  • Change one part to make version 2 stronger
Problem โ†’ Idea โ†’ Plan โ†’ Build
Test what happened
Improve with evidence