What needs to change? What might work?

Designing
Solutions
Mathematics

Situation Developing
Computational
Thinking

Human needs and wants and Using

Models

What works best? What is the design for?

Optimizing the
Design Solution
Defining
Analyzing and
Interpreting
Data
Obtaining, 

Evaluating and 

Communicating
Information
Problems
 What might work? What is happening?

Designing Solutions

Good Solutions:
Describe the problem to be solved.
Design multiple solutions for the problem.
Identify and describe the scientific information
oused to design the solutions.
Describe the criteria for the design solutions.
Phenomenon
Describe the constraints of the design Observable events in

osolutions.
the real world

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What is the design for? What works best? 


Defining Problems Optimizing the


Design Solution

Good Designs:
Define a design problem that can be solved.
Optimized Solutions:
Describe the problem to be solved.
Identify and describe the scientific information
onecessary for solving the problem. Use the results of tests to determine how well
othe solution meets the criteria and constraints.
Identify and describe the criteria for a successful
osolution for the problem. Refine the design based on the results of
oiterative testing.
Identify and describe the constraints of the
odesign solutions. Identify and describe the best solution given
othe criteria and constraints.

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