Students will have to use their brains to solve problems and challenges they will face to find a solution to cleaning up oil spills. Students will face failures after completing their solution, lots of research, and problems during the making of their solutions. What will work? What won't?
Engineering is all about solving problems using math, science, and technical knowledge. And engineers have solved a lot of problems in the world by designing and building various technologies. We have everything from machines that can breathe for you in hospitals to suspension bridges to computers we use every day. All of these things were once designed by engineers using the engineering design process.