Teams use the design process to design, build, and test a model levee to protect the town from a wall of water. A handout provides a price list for the materials learners can use to build their levee within a budget.

Concepts

engineering design, design, hurricanes, floods, prototypes, technology resources

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Instructional Ideas

• Align each of the materials to an actual item that may be used in levee construction
• Have each team test and redesign their levees to either be more effective or to reduce the cost

Classroom Considerations

• Gather the materials each group needs to build a levee
• The 10th installment in a 12-part series

Pros

• Using the design process to construct levees builds a skill pupils will use throughout their educational careers
• The worksheet comes in an editable format so you can alter the materials list

Cons

• None

Common Core

6.RP.A.3.b 6.NS.B.3