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Help students returning to the classroom engage in the engineering design process! Students are given the engineering challenge to design and build doghouses that shelter a (toy) puppy from the heat鈥攁nd to create them within material, size and cost constraints. This requires them to apply what they know (or research) about light energy and how it does (or does not) travel through various materials, as well as how a material鈥檚 color affects its light absorption and reflection properties. They work through the engineering design process as they build their doghouse designs and test them by taking thermometer readings under hot lamps, and then think of ways to improve their designs. This is a great project for learning about light and heat: energy transfer, absorption, insulation and material properties, and easily scales up/down for size and materials. Maker Materials & Supplies - toy dog that represents the 鈥渇ound puppy鈥 for the class, such as a 6 x 6-inch stuffed or plastic toy, to which students refer when designing, measuring, 鈥渂uying鈥 supplies, constructing the doghouse. - assortment of building supplies, such as Styrofoam, aluminum foil, paper, saran wrap, plastic bottles, cardboard, construction paper, straws, bubble wrap, felt squares, toilet paper rolls, foam plates and cups, foam squares, foam board, newspaper, craft sticks, mylar, etc. - assortment of adhesives and tools, such as white glue, hot glue, tape, scissors
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