Technology education has changed dramatically over the last few years. The transition of industrial arts to technology education and more recently the pursuit of design and engineering has resulted in technology education teachers often needing to change their curriculum and course activities to meet the demands of a rapidly changing profession. The "American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language" defines "engineering" as "the application of scientific and mathematical principles to practical ends, such as the design, manufacture, and operation of efficient and economical structures, machines, processes, and systems." After students have learned basic woodworking skills, technology educators can easily apply the above definition of engineering to an open-ended woodworking project with design specifications. With such a project, students could work in small groups to engineer a product that meets the specific design criteria given. Depending on the nature of the project, such criteria could include restrictions on the final product's weight, strength, cost, appearance, size, surface area, and so forth. Students could even build larger-scale projects to fulfill the needs of other departments in the school, such as a folding craft table for a school's art department. This article presents a sample design sheet for a wood technology class of moderate skill level. (Contains 2 photos.)