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Teach Engineering: Build an Approximate Scale Model of an Object ActivityTeach Engineering: Build an Approximate Scale Model of an Object Activity
Publisher
TeachEngineering
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Grade
3rd - 5th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Activities & Projects
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For Administrator Use
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Instructional Strategy
Independent Practice
Lexile Measures
1130L
Activity

Teach Engineering: Build an Approximate Scale Model of an Object

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Students will create a model of an object of their choice, giving them skills and practice in techniques used by professionals. The students will use sketches as they build their objects. This activity will facilitate a discussion on models and their usefulness.

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Concepts

engineering, scale, stem

Additional Tags

sketch, integrated teaching and learning program and laboratory, teachengineering, teachengineering: build an approximate scale model of an object, dimension, scale model, modeling

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional|practice

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