Don’t Flood the Fidgits!

June 16, 2016

Resource Type: Game

Engineering Discipline: Environmental Engineering

Age Group: 8-10

Build a city for the Fidgits that will stay safe and dry during a flood.

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Lesson Plan

Oil Spill Solutions

Engineering Discipline: Environmental Engineering

Age Group: 11-13

Collection: Pollution

Lesson focuses on how engineers use various techniques to provide speedy solutions to oil spills or other threats to natural water resources. Through this lesson,…

Game

Fidgit Power

Engineering Discipline: Environmental Engineering

Age Group: 8-10

Collection: Renewable Energy

Help Fidgitville by designing wind turbines that make electricity and keep the air and water clean. Play the game.

Lesson Plan

Temperature Tactics

Engineering Discipline: Environmental Engineering

Stem Field: Weather and Climate

Lesson Plan

Me and My Shadow

Engineering Discipline: Environmental Engineering

Stem Field: Physics (light, sound, heat)

This lesson develops principles of the effect of sunlight on the Earth’s surface. Students will explore the effects of the location of the sun on…

Lesson Plan

Toxic Popcorn Design Challenge

Engineering Discipline: Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

Stem Field: Forces and Motion

Age Group: 11-13

This lesson introduces students to the engineering design process (EDP)—the process engineers use to solve design challenges. Students work in teams to solve the challenge…

Engineering Discipline

Environmental Engineering

Engineering Discipline: Environmental Engineering

Collection: Climate Change

Environmental engineers have a direct impact on the health of the earth and are concerned with local and worldwide environmental issues.