Design, build, and test a simple multi-step device that transfers energy through several steps to cause a final change.
Engineers often link several energy transfers together on purpose to solve a problem or create an effect. This week you become an engineer, designing your own energy-transfer machine: a chain of steps where energy moves from a starting push all the way to a final result, like ringing a bell or knocking over a target.
Good engineering design starts with a clear goal and a list of materials, then moves to building, testing, and improving. It almost never works perfectly on the first try, and that is expected: noticing where a step fails, and redesigning that one step, is exactly what real engineers do.
Mastery looks like: They can design, build, and test a working chain of at least three energy transfers ending in a clear final change, revising steps that fail.
Common stumbles: Giving up after one failed attempt instead of adjusting a single step; building a machine with fewer than three real energy transfers.