In this lesson, students explore a variety of recycled mateirals and use them to create and build a 3-D sculpture. Students will compare properties of the materials as they select appropriate ones for their projects.

This is an engineering design brief SAMPLE that can be used to help guide how to utilize the template correctly.

This is the template we will use to upload new engineering design briefs/lessons. This link will force a copy so that you can fill the template out completely.

In this STEM lesson, students will use a pattern to design and build a robotic rover with cardboard and a balloon. They will investigate the engineering challenges of wheels, speed, and friction while they examine the concept of a prototype in engineering. Students will demonstrate the use of potential and kinetic energy and explain ways the rover can be used in space travel and exploration.

Students investigate how nature can inspire engineers. Students will use the engineering design process to design, build, and test a prototype of an underwater vehicle that can withstand both heat and cold.

Students will be inspired by James Cameron's historic DEEPSEA CHALLENGE dive to investigate pressure and use the engineering process to design, model, test, document, evaluate, and re-design a submersible vehicle.

First Lego League gives students the opportunity to engage in hands-on STEM experiences. Yes, students will develop skills in programming but FLL connects STEM concepts to real-world examples.

Link to presentation slides:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-Ri8tVQcHvFvr-GZn_ylsVFPR3gBNmxKX3BxIRmdvyA/edit

Students design and build a solar water heater and see how big a temperature change they can get.

In this lesson, students will work collboratively to tackle a water conservation issue at home or in their school.

This lesson strand is two in a series of two lessons that go through the steps of the Engineering and Design Process as needed for the construction of a prototype. The prototype is a musical instrument created through recycling landfill items. Based on the Landfill Harmonic from Paraguay, the motivation for the unit is GEDB: Music and Poverty- The Landfill Harmonic. The students in Paraguay (Latin America) live in a landfill and use the items to develop an orchestra. The unit clearly defines poverty and the resourcefulness that one must meet when living in a poverty culture. This prototype is the final product of a cross curricular, multicultural unit based on poverty and music with a direct connection to math, science, technology, engineering, arts, and multiple media skills. The links attached are created addressing the Landfill Harmonic. This lesson was developed by Christine Sisco as part of their completion of the North Carolina Global Educator Digital Badge program. This lesson plan has been vetted at the local and state level for standards alignment, Global Education focus, and content accuracy.

Project Summary
We have been learning all about different “gingerbread” in this unit. In many of the book the poor gingerbread was tricked by the fox. In this story we have learned that the Gingerbread Girl outfoxed the fox.
Driving Questions / Scenario (what are we trying to solve or improve?)

How will you outfox the fox?

By creating something that floats how would your team outfox the fox?
Literacy Connection
The Gingerbread Girl
*along with references of The Gingerbread Man, The Gingerbread Boy, The Gingerbread Baby, The Gingerbread Cowboy, The Cajun Gingerbread Man
Subject(s)

Literacy
Science
STEM
Standard(s) Addressed

Literacy
Science
ISTE

This is the image to use as the header logo when uploading Engineering Design Briefs to Go Open NC group.

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Students work in groups of 2 to create an anchor out of a collection of materials provided by the teacher. Students will test their anchors in an aquarium periodically to determine if their anchor has too much surface area, thus making it buoyant, or if the materials are combined in a way that is denser than the water causing the anchor to sink. The ultimate goal is to balance the forces being applied to the boat.  The anchor is attached to a 3d printed boat, or a boat of the teacher's choosing. A fan is directed at the boat after the anchor has been attached and dropped in the water. In addition to the wind, the teacher will create waves by tapping the side of the tank. Students will observe if the anchor holds under these circumstances or not. Ultimately, they will try to prevent the boat from moving at all. Distance traveled for each test will be taken by a meter stick or tape measure fixed to the side of the tank. Students will strive to keep the boat frozen at 0 centimeters.

This activity allows students the opportunity to explore different methods for collecting solar energy and using that energy for heating, creating electricity and applying that energy to an industrial process. Experimenting with different types of materials will also allow them to understand how the properties of different materials can drastically affect the outcome of their experiment.

In this student-centered learning model, students work collaboratively in small teams to design a heat- and water-conserving "green roof" of plant material for an urban apartment building. This is a multimedia project involving web and library research, hand drawings, creation of exhibit boards with text, photos and data graphics, and a final presentation of findings.

This 1-2 hour activity was developed by Science Friday educator collaborative for middle school science. Students will "reverse-engineer a solar circuit to build a simple, inexpensive, and lightweight device that is powered by the sun’s light...in order to...integrate their circuit into a moveable origami structure so that the movement of the origami serves as the switch to the circuit."

Simple dollar store solar stake lights can be used for the disassembly which can be demonstrated by the teacher or completed in small groups. By reverse engineering the solar light, students explore the components and how they work together. The second activity has them sketching and explaining what they discovered.

Resources are included that explain solar cells and circuits more in depth (including a text webpage from American Chemical Society, a video from SciToons on YouTube, and an online circuit simulation from PhET, among other choices for your class' needs).

The student engineering "notebook" and rubric are downloadable in Powerpoint and Word form, not just pdf.

In this STEM lesson, students follow the engineering design process to design and build a crane out of cardboard. They will determine methods to reinforce the crane's arms so it doesn't collapse under a heavy load. This activity is based on Robotics applications.

This is a school-wide STEM competition designed to be conducted in a STEM/Media Center class. Students design armor suits out of maker supplies to protect a Hexbug in a bracket-style battle bot competition.

Link to activity below:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1hrTCTBtOoid9pQ4dW-nANUFVhwkWtDi9bd-78AHMhuo/edit?usp=sharing

After reading How the Grinch Stole Christmas, students will work together to build a sleigh for the Grinch so he can take the presents and decorations from the Whos.