Hat for All the Seasons

Invite students to explore how seasons impact daily life as they take on the challenge of designing a hat they can wear all year long. In this engineering lesson, learners consider how to protect their eyes and face from bright sun as well as keep rain and snow off their heads using thoughtful features and material choices. Students sketch, build, and test their own all-season hat prototypes, adjusting brims, coverage, and structure to improve performance. The interactive testing makes real-world problem-solving fun and meaningful, and students love creating a useful item designed just for themselves.