The image shows a project summary for a windmill design and build activity, including the problem statement, design ideas, materials, and test results with photos and observations of windmill prototypes.

Design Keeper Engineering Notebooks

Developed by Kristen Wendell's lab, Design Keeper is a Google Slides-based digital engineering notebook that helps students track their projects from initial ideas through final designs. Organized around a card system with cards for Ideas, Tests, Final Designs, and more, it's built to be flexible and non-prescriptive, growing alongside students' work. Originally developed as an iPad app with NSF funding (grants 1316762 and 1623910), the project shifted to a slides format so teachers could use it without any additional software. Research on its use in classroom settings found multiple ways it supported student discourse.

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