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Museum of Science

Ei E: The Best of Bugs: Designing Hand Pollinators Lesson 2

K - 1st
Students think like agricultural engineers as they perform a play about Integrated Pest Management at an apple orchard. [8:47]
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Museum of Science

Ei E: The Best of Bugs: Designing Hand Pollinators Lesson 1

K - 1st
A storybook introduces the engineering challenge and context. In this story, Mariana, a girl from the Dominican Republic, learns about agricultural engineering as she designs a hand pollinator to use in her garden. [7:49]
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Museum of Science

Ei E: What Is Technology?

3rd - 5th
Students think about what technology is and are introduced to the idea that engineers design technologies. [13:21]
Instructional Video
Museum of Science

Ei E: What Is Technology?

1st - 3rd
Students think about what technology is and are introduced to the idea that engineers design technologies. [14:35]
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Museum of Science

Ei E: Designing a Bridge (2)

K - 1st
Students apply their knowledge of balance, forces, and civil engineering as they imagine, plan, create, test, and improve their own bridges.
Instructional Video
Museum of Science

Ei E: Designing a Bridge (1)

K - 1st
Students apply their knowledge of balance, forces, and civil engineering as they imagine, plan, create, test, and improve their own bridges.
Instructional Video
Museum of Science

Ei E: Bridging Understanding (2)

K - 1st
Students perform a controlled test of three types of bridges to see how much weight the bridges can support.
Instructional Video
Museum of Science

Ei E: Bridging Understanding (1)

K - 1st
Students perform a controlled test of three types of bridges to see how much weight the bridges can support.
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Museum of Science

Ei E: A Stick in the Mud: Evaluating a Landscape Lesson 4 Part 1

3rd - 6th
Students use maps to study the erosion along a riverbank over time and conduct controlled experiments to determine how soil compaction around a foundation affects the foundation's strength. [13:19]
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Museum of Science

Ei E: Tar Pul Storybook

3rd - 5th
A storybook introduces the engineering challenge and context. In this story, Suman, a boy from Nepal, learns about geotechnical engineering as he helps evaluate a site for a TarPul. [13:57]
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Museum of Science

Ei E: Catching the Wind: Designing Windmills Lesson 3 Part 2

K - 1st
Students predict, test, observe, and describe how sails made of different materials and shapes catch the wind. [15:00]
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Museum of Science

Ei E: A Work in Process: Improving a Play Dough Process Lesson 1

3rd - 6th
A storybook introduces the engineering challenge and context. In this story, Michelle, a girl from Canada, learns about chemical engineering as she attempts to design a play dough making process to share with her hockey teammates. [7:02]
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Museum of Science

Ei E: The Attraction Is Obvious: Designing Maglev Systems Lesson 2

3rd - 5th
Students think like transportation engineers as they improve the safety and efficiency of a model intersection. [10:01]
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Museum of Science

Ei E: Lighten Up: Designing Lighting Systems Lesson 3 Part 2

3rd - 6th
Students experiment with reflecting light using mirrors and learn about light intensity. [10:28]
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Museum of Science

Ei E: Evaluating a Landscape (2)

K - 1st
Students focus on the geotechnical engineering problem of evaluating a landscape as they imagine, plan, create, test, and improve a site for a wire cable bridge called a TarPul. [15:26]
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Museum of Science

Ei E: A Stick in the Mud: Evaluating a Landscape Lesson 3 Part 1

3rd - 6th
Students use maps to study the erosion along a riverbank over time and conduct controlled experiments to determine how soil compaction around a foundation affects the foundation's strength. [8:35]
Instructional Video
Museum of Science

Ei E: Evaluating a Landscape (1)

K - 1st
Students focus on the geotechnical engineering problem of evaluating a landscape as they imagine, plan, create, test, and improve a site for a wire cable bridge called a TarPul. [16:18]
Instructional Video
Museum of Science

Ei E: Designing Model Membranes: Biology Meets Technology

K - 1st
In this video [12:44] students think like bioengineers as they match natural objects with technologies that have similar functions.
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Museum of Science

Ei E: Designing a Model Membrane (2)

K - 1st
Students focus on the bioengineering problem of meeting the basic needs of an organism as they imagine, plan, create, test, and improve their own model membrane.
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Museum of Science

Eie: Engineering Is Elementary: A Magnetic Personality

K - 1st
Students engage in several experiments to learn more about the properties of magnets.
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Museum of Science

Eie: Engineering Is Elementary: Designing a Hand Pollinator (1)

K - 1st
Students apply their knowledge of materials, the pollination system, and agricultural engineering as they imagine, plan, create, test, and improve their own hand pollinators.
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Museum of Science

Ei E: To Get to the Other Side: Designing Bridges Lesson 2

K - 1st
Students think like civil engineers as they observe how forces affect structures by pushing and pulling and implement engineering solutions to balance forces and prevent structural failure. [15:44]
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Museum of Science

Eie: Lighten Up: Designing Lighting Systems Lesson 3 Part 1

1st - 5th
Students experiment with reflecting light using mirrors and learn about light intensity. [11:51]
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Museum of Science

Ei E: Thinking Inside the Box: Designing Plant Packages Lesson 3 Part 1

1st - 5th
Students determine the needs of the plant and the consumer for which they are designing their plant packages. [13:38]