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Design Lab
The engineering design process: criteria and constraints, fair tests, using data to improve designs and trade-offs.
Grades 3–12Game show1–6 players or teamsNo student loginsWorks offline
Try it free with your class: the demo runs right in your browser for 8 questions. No sign-up needed.
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What students practice
Criteria and constraints, comparing solutions, fair tests, using data to improve designs, prototypes, trade-offs and decision matrices
Standards
OAS 3.ESS3.1 · 4.PS3.4 · 4.PS4.3 · 4.ESS3.2 · 6.PS3.3 · 7.PS1.6 · 7.LS2.5 · CH.PS1.6 · PH.PS2.3 · ES.ESS3.2 · EN.ESS3.4 · EN.LS2.5
NGSS: 3-5-ETS1-1–3 · MS-ETS1-1–4 · HS-ETS1-1–4
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How it works
- Open the game file in any web browser: Chromebooks, laptops or your smartboard. No accounts, no student logins and no internet needed once it's downloaded.
- Enter the players or teams, then press Start.
- Students take turns on one shared screen, so the whole class can play together on a projector or smartboard.
- Each purchase includes the game file and a one-page Quick Start guide.





