Performance Indicator - MST5.I.ED.1.1:
Students identify needs and opportunities for technical solutions from an investigation of situations of general or social interest.

Performance Indicator - MST5.I.ED.1.2:
Students locate and utilize a range of printed, electronic, and human information resources to obtain ideas.

Performance Indicator - MST5.I.ED.1.3:
Students consider constraints and generate several ideas for alternative solutions, using group and individual ideation techniques (group discussion, brainstorming, forced connections, role play); defer judgment until a number of ideas have been generated; evaluate (critique) ideas; and explain why the chosen solution is optimal.

Performance Indicator - MST5.I.ED.1.4:
Students develop plans, including drawings with measurements and details of construction, and construct a model of the solution, exhibiting a degree of craftsmanship.

Performance Indicator - MST5.I.ED.1.5:
Students in a group setting, test their solution against design specifications, present and evaluate results, describe how the solution might have been modified for different or better results, and discuss tradeoffs that might have to be made.