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Questions for Discussion: Automatic Door Opener
- In what ways do you think the materials available to the teams in the video helped or hindered them in finding a solution?
- If you could pick one other material to use for either of these designs, what would it be? Why did you select this material?
- What evidence can you find, if any, that drawing their design solution before they tried it contributed to a successful solution?
- Have you ever had a door open for you without having to touch it? How do you think this door worked? How did this door help the people who used it? Why do you think there aren't more doors like these in other places, such as in your home or your school?