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From Design and Build a Tangle-Free Headphone Holder to Inca Builders, find teacher approved engineering lesson plans that inspire student learning.
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Students design, build and test a device that allows a person to store headphones for a portable music device without the wires getting tangled. They follow a determined engineering design process and then vote on the presented solutions to choose the best of the class.
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- 4th - 6th Grade
Students follow the steps of the engineering design process to meet the challenge of getting their entire class from one location on the playground to the sidewalk without touching the ground between. The class develops a well thought-out plan while following the steps of the engineering design process. Finally, they test their solution by going outside and trying it out.
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- 3rd - 5th Grade
Students role-play as engineers designing wedge tools. They devise methods for shaping quarry rocks into pyramid blocks. Following a teacher demonstration, they use materials such as soap, clay, and foam for blocks and wood, plastic, and styrofoam for wedges. They record the effectiveness of the wedges on a worksheet.
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- 6th - 8th Grade
Students examine how environmental engineers determine possible sites for drinking water wells. They listen to a teacher led-lecture, and create their own groundwater well model using a coffee can and wire screening, observing how adding red food coloring to their model demonstrates how a pollutant can migrate through groundwater into a drinking water source.
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- 6th Grade
Students understand that engineers design inventions to solve problems. In this creative design lesson, students must solve two of three problems with one design. Students complete a design worksheet.
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- 6th - 12th Grade
Students share opinions about the criteria they consider important in an online search engine. Using Google and Yahoo, they investigate various subjects and compare their search results. To synthesize their findings, students prepare recommendations.
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- 9th - 12th Grade
Students assume the role of a board member for a new biotechnology firm working in the field of tissue engineering. After researching the topic and the risks and benefits involved, they determine a viewpoint and write a letter to the head of the company explaining their position.
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- 9th - 12th Grade
Students investigate the pros and cons of genetic engineering. They watch a short Bill Moyers video, conduct Internet research, create a poster, participate in a pro/con debate, and write an essay expressing their personal feelings on the issue.
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- 6th - 8th Grade
Students participate in activities simulating various disabilities. After discussions, they work in teams to devise or improve on adaptive devices for people with disabilities. They include drawings of the tools they design and explain how they work.
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- 6th - 8th Grade
Students examine the problems Inca engineers faced in building a royal retreat at Machu Picchu's site. They use a contour map to discover what challenges the builders faced due to the physical features of the land.
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