Ministry of education
Central STEM unit
Week Engineering Students' work (teacher will
1 Design Process
●Present and ●Introduce Egypt
follow during theGrand
sessions)
Justify a Problem Challenges, Capstone
and Solution Challenge, Capstone Semester
Requirements Dates; Introduce Capstone
Portfolio template, Rubrics
●Links for The shard files for
the poster and portfolio
●Teams Formed, Research
problems and prior solutions
● Students' representation skills
●Document in the Capstone
Portfolio (Egypt grand
challenges, and problem to be
solved)
●The Poster desig
2 ● Present and ●Research prior solutions,
Justify a Problem noting prior attempts strengths
and Solution and weaknesses
Requirements ●Identify design requirements,
● Generating Brainstorm possible solutions
and Defending a ●Identify the design
requirements that a good
Solution
solution would meet
●Document in the Capstone
Portfolio (research, list of
refrences -its place at the end
of the file-, other solutions
already tried)
● Poster design
●Students' representation skills
3 ● Generating ● Select a solution and justify
and Defending a why it is a good solution.
Solution ● Select which design
requirements you will test in
your prototype from among
your other design requirements
● Document in the Capstone
Portfolio (Solution and Design
Requirements, Selection of
Solution)
●the introduction and abstract
in the poster
● Students' representation skills
4 ● Generating ● Select a prototype for
and Defending a your team to design, build, and
Solution test the design requirements
you identified for your
prototype,
● Document in the
Capstone Portfolio (Selection of
Prototype, Materials and
Methods)
● The poster (Materials
and methods)
● Create and submit a
proposal for the Capstone
Prototype
● Capstone Budget
Guidelines signed
● Capstone Review Panel
5 ● ● Follow Capstone Review
Constructing and Panel
Testing a ● Create a Test Plan to test
Prototype whether your prototype meets
your selected design
requirements.
● Review the safety precautions
● Build your prototype.
●Document in the Capstone
Portfolio (Test plan)
●The poster (review all written
parts, continue improving the
materials and methods)
6 ● ●Review the materials,
Constructing and methods and safety rules.
Testing a ●Build the prototype.
Prototype ●Rview all the written parts in
the Capstone Portfolio
●Rview all the written parts in
the Capstone Poster
Capstone Calendar 1st semester (2022-2023)
what should be done in the Portfolio what should be done in the Prototype what should be done in the Journal Exams Comments
● Each team is assigned a TEAM NUMBER Poster the design for the
Choose - - ‫ أكتوبر‬6 ‫ذكرى نصر‬
●Each team’s has an online shared Portfolio poster, the theme, the fonts,
Name MUST follow this format the title name, the logos and ‫المولد النبوي الشريف‬
Year-Semester Number-Team Number colors according to the rubrics
2023-1-Team Number
Egypt Grand Challenge(s)
Which Egyptian Grand Challenge(s) are you
addressing, and why are they important to
address?
Problem to be solved
What specific problem are you addressing?
What positive and negative consequences that
are related to dealing with that problem?
Research
Which topics did you research about the - Improve the poster design and - -
colors
problems? Students discuss factors that are
related to the problem from different
perspectives.
Which topics did you research about the
solutions? Students discuss technologies,
scientific topics, or materials or any other
factors that are related to the solution.
Other Solutions Already Tried
What are the solutions that have been applied
trying to solve this problem?
Why are the strengths and weakness of those
solutions?
Solution and Design Requirements design requirements give the stuents Introduction Capstone -
What characteristics (Solution Requirements) the chance to have an ieda about what Clearly and objectively journal one:
would a successful solution have, and how the prototype should be tested for, what identifies the problem and
each of these characteristics can be met? materials can be used. summarizes prior solution Monday S2
attempts strengths and G12
Which design requirements did you choose and weaknesses.
why did you chose it? Includes design requirements
for a new solution that can be
Selection of Solution tested
Describe the solution you decided to pursue Summarizes how the team’s
solution was chosen and how it
and why did you choose it? Students will
addresses design requirements
demonstrate the methods they will follow to
solve the problem
Start editing the abstract
Abstract is a brief description of
the entire work described in the
poster
Abstract understandable
without reading the entire
poster
Includes (1) purpose of the
study, (2) brief statement of
what was done (without
including minor details of the
methods), (3)
brief statement of major
findings, and (4) major
conclusions
Selection of Prototype The first design draft should be Materials and Methods Capstone -
Describe in details the prototype you have reviewed by the panel, give students the Prototype materials lists and/or journal one:
decided to construct, and how it will meet the feedback, illustrations are summarized
design requirements you have chosen? stuednts will make the needed Describe how the prototype Monday S4
In what ways can your prototype be tested? modifications. was constructed G11
Materials and Methods Wednesday
List the materials you used to make your S3 G11
prototype.
(Table: Item, quantity, description –if needed,
usage, cost, source of purchase, picture)
List the safety precautions you took to ensure
your team is being safe.
Test Plan make the needed modifications on the Continue Materials and Capstone -
List the design requirements you have chosen design. Methods journal two:
to test with your prototype. get the needed materials A summary of Methods of the
Start building the prototype. test plan for the prototype Monday S2
List the steps for each test to conduct on the includes a G12
prototype (this test plan should be written in a summary of tests conducted
way that supports repetition and testing by and how they address design
others) requirements
Improve the portfolio while working on building Continue working on the prototype. Improve the Poster while Capstone -
the prototype working on building the journal two:
prototype
Monday S4
G11
Wednesday
S3 G11
7 ● ●Implement the test Plan.
Constructing and ●Document the tests, the
Testing a results, and any modifications
Prototype in the Portfolio.
●Revise the Prototype design
based on test results (do as
long as needed or until time
runs out)
8 Review all the work and make
sure that all team members
have the same level of the
understanding of what have
been done>
9 ● ● Continue the
Constructing andimplementation of the Test Plan
Testing a and document
Prototype; ● Continue to Revise
Evaluation, Prototypes based on test
results (do as long as needed
Reflection,
Recommendations or until time runs out). Prepare
Capstone Poster for Exhibition
using the rubrics and Capstone
Poster Template.
● Document in the
Capstone Portfolio (Data
collection)
● The poster (improving
the whole poster, continue
writing the results)
● Students' representation
skills
10 ● EDP ● Analyze the
Progress: Data—include analysis of the
Evaluation, effectiveness of the design
Reflection, ● Prepare your team’s
Recommendations recommendation for future
research, development written
for others to replicate.
● Document in the
Capstone Portfolio (Analysis
and discussion,
recommendation, finilize the
learning outcomes part)
● The poster (Analysis,
conclusion, recommendation)
● Students' representation
skills
11 ● Finilize the ● Finalizing and reviewing
Poster, the th Poster and the portfolio to be
Portfolio, and the ready for submition.
prototype. ● Finalizing the Prototype
for exhibition, (make sure thet
all work is completed)
● Experimental exhibition
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13
14
15
16
17
Data Collection implement the test plan (test the Results Capstone -
List all data collected in your testing here prototype according to the chosen All types of prototype testing journal
design requirements results are presented, whether three:
What measurement tools did you use? What positive or negative
level of precision did you use in measurement? Supporting documentation from Monday S2
the Capstone Portfolio is G12
Provide a visual representation of your data and available to show data for tests
results. The best visual representations tell the or scenarios that were
story of your results without the need for conducted for the prototype
additional writing. testing results
Includes a table or figure that is
appropriate for the
type of prototype test results
being described
Improve the portfolio while working on building Continue working on improving the Improve the Poster while Capstone -
the prototype prototype. working on building the journal
prototype three:
Monday S4
G11
Wednesday
S3 G11
Continue the Data Collection Continue implementing the test plan improve the Results part - Midterm
after improving the prototype (test the
Improve the portfolio while working on building prototype according to the chosen axams
the prototype design requirements G10 &
G11
Analysis and Discussion Finilize the decorations and final look for Analysis Capstone -
What is the analysis of the prototype behavior the prototype if it needs Discussion ties performance journal four:
and the test plan results? results (positive and negative)
What conclusions do you reach from the data to Monday S2
you collected? the original challenge or G12
(Your test and your measurements should be problem being addressed and
accurate enough to draw conclusions) to the Grand Challenge
(The data should demonstrate that the Analysis ties the prototype
prototype met the identified design testing results to the design
requirements
requirements)
Analysis is supported by
pictures, graphs, charts and
Recommendations
other visuals, and prototype
What recommendations do you have for future
test results
work in this area?
Analysis is supported by
What would you tell another team who wanted scientific laws and theories and
to start where you stopped on your solution to provides evidence of learning
help them? transfer of discipline learning
outcomes
Learning Outcomes
Which 10 discipline learning outcomes did you Conclusions
identify as related to your Design Challenge? Conclusions are drawn from
Explain how each identified learning outcome the prototype test results and
was transferred to your Capstone. analysis.
Recommendations
Recommendations for future
study are provided, including
specific ways the project could
be improved in the future
review the research list at the end of the Finilize the decorations and final look for Literature cited Capstone -
portfolio the prototype if it needs Includes only sources cited in journal four:
List the research sources you have used for the poster text (at least 5
your project in APA format. credible sources) Different Monday S4
kinds of sources (paper- books, G11
Review the whole portfolio. encyclopedia
websites) not only websites Wednesday
includes only papers actually S3 G11
read by the students Is
prepared according to the
American Psychological
Association (APA) style
guidelines
Review the whole poster
●Experimental exhibition Capstone
journal five:
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Monday
S2 G10
S4 G11
Wednesday
S2 G12
Make up -
journal.
Exhibition ‫ يناير‬7 ‫عيد الميالد المجيد‬
First term exams
19 ‫عيد الغطاس المجيد‬
G10 & G11
‫يناير‬
9/2/2023 ‫ إلى‬28/1/2023 ‫اجازة نصف العام الدراسي من‬