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In order to beautify your neighborhood 🏡🏠, you want to plant flowers 🌷🌻🌼 in a parkway or create a large garden 🌽🍅🍏 for the community! The area you want to cover is LARGE and you don't have a lot of time ⌛ to spread the seeds.🌱 Challenge: Use the Engineering Design Process to design something that can disperse seeds quickly and over a large area! 1. You can tap the to see some of the adaptations plants have developed to spread seeds to areas where they have a chance to grow and reproduce. 2. Next, use the Engineering Design Process to solve the challenge! ➡1st Step: ASK What is the problem? Answer - I want to spread seeds quickly and as far as I can. What can I design to help me do that?? ➡2nd Step: IMAGINE Brainstorm as many solutions to the problem as you can. Remember, when you are brainstorming, there are no limits - be creative! What can you design to hold a lot of seeds at once? How can you spread those seeds over a large area without having to move around to each spot where you want a seed? ➡3rd Step: PLAN Pick one or two of your best ideas to plan out with more detail. Draw your plan and label the materials you would need! ➡4th Step: CREATE Choose your best plan and build it with the materials you have available. ➡5th Step: TEST Find a way to test your idea and based on the results... ➡6th Step: IMPROVE Make improvements to your design! 3. Tap to add a or of your idea, the to share a drawing, and/or the to tell how your design would help you spread your seeds quickly and over a large area. 4. Tap when you are finished to share your work!