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3-Pigs

Title	Author	Grade level
3-Pigs		PreK to 3rd

Genre:

Fairy Tale

Action Step:

Define the problem and the customer is.

What do you want to design; using functional requirements

Create lots of ideas

Converge on the few best ones

Sketch, Build, Test and Report

Summary of the story :

A story of 3-Pigs who are sent out to live on their own by their mother encounters trouble with a wolf who wants to eat them.
Characters:

3 Pigs ( Can do individual pigs )
Wolf
Mother Pig
Can also think of society as a character and what problems would society have with this story.

Who is the customer: Society

What is the problem I am solving? How can we get the pigs and the wolf to live together

Create a different source of food
Physical separation	Different communities
Spiritual change	Yoga

Who is the customer: Mother

What is the problem I am solving? What advice can I give my children so they will be safe

Build a safe house
Live together	Create a fence around all your properties

Who is the customer: The Pigs

What is the problem I am solving? How can I prevent the wolf from blowing down my house

Functional Requirement	Design
Build a house that can’t be blown down	Use stones/bricks
Design a trap that will prevent the wolf from getting to the house	Use simple machines to catch the wolf

Who is the customer: The Wolf

What is the problem I am solving? How can I get in the house and catch the pigs

Functional Requirement	Design
Build a trap to catch the pigs when they leave their house	Use science to attract the pigs
Get into the house	Device that breaks the door; Ram device

Possible Design Challenges:

How do we design a house to also protect against the weather?
The pigs move to an earthquake zone, build a house to protect them from earthquakes as well.
You move to Outer Mongolia, what kind of house would you design and what animal would you be concerned about?
Students explore properties of light, then apply what they've learned to design and make shadow puppet plays based on 3-Pigs nursery rhyme, to which they invite guests and charge admission. Can also make hand puppets of the 3-pigs characters and study materials and life science.
Students study about recycling of materials and design a house for the pigs based on what they have learned.
You work for the wolf, design a suite that can protect the wolf when it goes down the chimney ; design a machine that can be used to create air pressure to blow the houses down.
You live in a community that wants to provide a nice living space for its Pig population, what would you design and why? What would you do with the wolf population?
Build house on hill and use rollers to knot down the wolf
Design a device that uses boiling water to keep the wolf away from the house.
Design a trip wire device that uses rocks to fall on the wolf when it gets close to the house.
Design a fence that will protect all the different houses.
Build house on hill in the shape of a triangle so wind can hit only corners.
Design a house with a strong foundation and internal structure.
If the students are studying electricity, have them design a switch device that will go off when the wolf steps on it.
Design a better way for the pigs to travel between the houses.
Design a device to test the level of force of the wind needed to blow down the house.
Design a pop-up card that shows the story from the wolfs point of view.
Work for the pigs and design a new healthy eating plan for the wolf that does not contain meat in its diet.

Comments:/ Extensions:

Invite a parent who works in the construction industry to talk about materials and building a structure
Visit a construction site with the children.
Draw pictures of the scenes and do role plays around the story working as engineers
Keep a journal
Re-write the story by adding an invention that either the wolf has or the pigs to the story line.
Have the pigs design a post card and write home to their mother/father on why where they were and why they build a house. Include pictures of the house, measurement and why they think it is sturdy.
Compare and contrast the 3 designs. Create a list of items and create a table showing the 3 house designs against the list.
Have the students describe the safety aspects of building a house
You are a business person who wants to start a business that provides services to the pig community. What would you do? Design and build furniture for the pigs?, Provide security services?, Build houses? Provide materials/ store?
Compare prices of building material. Why does some products cost more than others?