Series and Parallel Circuits
Students perform experiments using two different types of circuit arrangements: series and parallel circuits.
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8 - 14CATEGORIES:
Electricity and Magnetism, Energy, Technology
Shake it up with Seismographs!
Students learn how seismographs record and can help predict earthquakes and other earth movements. They explore the impact of how technology can positively impact the world.
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8 - 18CATEGORIES:
Engineering Design, Motion and Forces, Technology
Ship the Chip
Students develop a plan, select materials, manufacture a package, test it, and evaluate their results.
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8 - 18CATEGORIES:
Engineering Design, Mathematical Applications, Properties of Materials
Shipping for Survival
Students learn about how important packaging design and engineering can be, especially when the item being shipped is an organ ready for transplant, or other living items.
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8 - 18CATEGORIES:
Engineering Design, Properties of Materials
Smart Buildings and the Internet of Things
This lesson explores the practical, scientific, ethical, and environmental issues that emerge in building ‘smart buildings’ that rely on ‘the internet of things’.
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11 - 17CATEGORIES:
Buildings and Structures, Computing, Engineering Design, Environments and Resources, Technology
Smooth Operator
In this lesson, students work in teams of "engineers" to design and build their own surgical instrument out of everyday items.
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8 - 18CATEGORIES:
Engineering Design, Human Body, Properties of Materials, Robotics
Solar Structures
In this lesson, students work in teams of "engineers" to design and build their own solar house out of everyday items.
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8 - 18CATEGORIES:
Energy, Engineering Design, Environments and Resources, Light and Heat, Mathematical Applications, Properties of Materials
Sort it Out!
Students learn how coins are manufactured and explore the sorting processes engineers have developed.
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8 - 18CATEGORIES:
Engineering Design, Motion and Forces, Properties of Materials
Spring Scale Engineering
Students learn spring scales and develop their own functional spring scale out of everyday items. They present and then test their scales, and compare their designs with those of other teams.
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Lesson Plan PDFAGE LEVELS:
8 - 18CATEGORIES:
Engineering Design, Mathematical Applications, Motion and Forces, Properties of Materials
Statue Display Tower
Students will work in teams to design a statue display tower that meets set criteria and constraints. Teams will construct a prototype, test and redesign.
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