Explore Design Challenge Learning

Learn about the power of the Innovation Design Process.

Essential elements to engage all learners in design challenges, including narratives, criteria and constraints.

Methods for inspiring innovation at the start of a challenge.

Managing low-cost, accessible materials for engineering design.

Encourage iteration and perseverance throughout the design process.

Create a classroom culture that supports communication, constructive feedback and iteration.

Tools for fostering collaboration, perseverance, curiosity, empathy and boldness with engineering design.

The essential elements and tools for creating your own design challenge.

Discover how to effectively evaluate skills like boldness, perseverance and collaboration.

Where design and innovation meet.

Vocabulary that builds confidence in engineering.

Use quantitative and qualitative observations to refine designs.

Use these cards to introduce iteration and redesign to any design challenge.

Key principles for teaching engineering through design challenge learning in any setting.

Created by our STEM Pathways Steering Committee, this grade level resource guides the key skills and experiences critical to STEM careers.

Browse our library, categorized by subject. 

Our hands-on Exploring Engineering series will STEM-ify your program.

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