In this article, the authors focus on students constructing observations of patterns to understand how surfaces affect the motion of an object. Students will use the patterns they observe to predict future motion of marbles (NGSS Lead States 2013). Students then apply their learning by engaging in an engineering task. By giving students a task to enhance their designs by controlling specific variables, we can incorporate engineering practices into the lesson (NGSS Lead States 2013). To extend learning, the students' attention is drawn to the nature of engineering (NOE) throughout the lesson.