Use this Engineering Lesson Plan Toolkit to help organize and conduct teacher training workshops around the TryEngineering lesson plans. Each toolkit contains:

• Overview Video
• Full Lesson Plan
• PowerPoint Slide Deck

The lesson focuses on unique challenges in transportation engineering, such as devising a method for skiers or hikers to get to the top of a mountain. Students work in teams to design a “chair lift” out of everyday items that can transport a ping pong ball in an open front cup from the bottom of a “valley” to the top of a “mountain” along a clothes line or wire without the ball falling out. Students design their chairlift on paper, execute their design, test it, reflect on the challenge, and share their experiences with the class.