E-Fabrication · Unit 06
Cut, Weed, Apply + Test
Vinyl + Visual Communication · Vinyl cutter
Today’s challenge
Practice safe tool handling, transfer vinyl, and run a viewer test.
Grade 3 focusChoose from limited fonts/colors, draw simple symbols, and ask viewers what they understand.
Grade 5 focusDesign for accessibility, compare multiple layouts, and use viewer data to defend revisions.
Success example · inspiration, not a design to copy
Look closely. What makes this successful?
Vinyl is applied cleanly and unfamiliar viewers can explain what the sign means.
What to do
- Understand. Read the challenge. Circle the important need, rule, or safety limit.
- Plan. Use the thinking spaces below before you begin making.
- Make. Build, model, code, practice, or investigate carefully with your team.
- Check. Use evidence—not guesses—to decide what worked.
- Improve or explain. Make one useful change or share your strongest conclusion.
Engineer’s thinking
1. Draw and label your plan before building.
2. List the materials, parts, or digital tools you will use.
3. Record one change you make while building.
Evidence check
Show what you learned.
Your teacher will look for: A cleanly applied sign and user data showing whether the message is understood.
My evidence
My next step
Exit reflection
Today I learned that because .
Next time I will .
How independently did I work?□ I needed coaching□ I worked with my team□ I can teach this skill