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Discover E: Shoo Bird, Shoo! [Pdf]

For Teachers 1st - 5th
In this activity, students work in teams with a range of materials to choose from to design and build a mobile that warns birds away from a window or a building.
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Other

American Society for Engineering Education: E Gfi: Activity: Keep a Cube

For Teachers K - 1st
In this activity, student teams in grades K-6 explore the design process by engineering a way to keep an ice cube from melting for 30 minutes. [6:00]
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Career Technical Education Research

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson is designed to help students document their research for a year long capstone project. (Creating an Engineering Report)The students will be following the requirements for the Siemens Math, Science Technology competition....
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: This Is How We Roll!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students take on the role of engineers who need to design a roller coaster. They will explore the history of roller coasters, the different types, and the many things that can affect the success or failure of a roller coaster. Finally,...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Defining an Engineering Design Problem With Paper Airplanes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this fun lesson, you will be the "customer" ordering a paper airplane, and your student teams will be engineering companies that will manufacture planes. Before they start making planes, they need to define the criteria and...
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Thinkport Education

Thinkport: Designing a Healthier, Happier Meal

For Students 9th - 10th
Using the engineering design process, develop and market a healthy fast food children's meal.
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Other

Coalition of Oregon School Administrators (Cosa): Microbeads, Mega Problem [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A textbook activity where students work in teams to design a device or technique that will prevent plastic microbeads from entering local lakes and streams. They will use the engineering process to design a solution and then present...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Gingerbread House Stem Challenge

For Students 9th - 10th
In this activity, you will become an engineer and design and build a gingerbread house that must fulfill specific design requirements.
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EL Education

El Education: The Natural Playscape Book

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this lesson, inspired by the book Childhood and Nature: Design Principals for Educators by David Sobel, students design a playscape area on school grounds. After designing the playscape and creating a list of materials, the students...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Ready, Set, Escape

For Teachers 9th - 10th
During this project, students will be asked to design a device that will measure out a time period of exactly 3 minutes. They will be asked to brainstorm ideas using the different materials provided. Students will observe and explain the...
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Other

Engineering Your Future Ohio: Busting Myths

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A good introduction to the engineering design process, this project has students conduct tests to "bust myths," modelling the processes and tests shown on the show Mythbusters.
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Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese: Square of Life: Mini Squares of Life

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students use the engineering design process to plan and construct a device for marking out the area for a small square outdoors, so that they can study what is contained inside it.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Games Machines Play: Streamlined Design

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Explore the streamlined shapes of submarines and design an effective hull shape. Observe how streamlining affects a vehicle as it is pulled through a water-filled trough.