Baseball Module 5.0 – Engineering a Pitching Machine (Grades 3-5) Welcome to your Baseball Module 5.0 - Engineering a Pitching Machine (Grades 3-5) Teacher Email Student ID Is this your pre or post assessment? Pre-Assessment Post-Assessment Grade 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 1. Pre-only: What is a Criteria? a. Rules b. Guidelines to help your thinking or work. c. Things that hold you back in your thinking or work. d. A way to brainstorm ideas. None 2. Pre-only: What is Constraint? a. Rules b. Guidelines to help your thinking or work. c. Things that hold you back in your thinking or work. d. A way to brainstorm ideas. None 3. Post only: Why is it important to have clear criteria and constraints for a problem?4. Put the steps of the Engineering Design Process in order for designing a pitching machine:a. Plan and build a prototype: Draw diagrams and build a device that will throw consistent pitches.b. Brainstorming and multiple designs for a solution.c. Identify the problem: Improving swing and hitting skills is difficult with the variables of a human pitcher.d. Redesign: Make changes to your design based on the data and practice.e. Test the prototype: Plan an experiment where you test the consistency of your prototype.f. Communicate: Present your idea and results to the class or team. Time's up
