Students work in groups of 2 to create a sound room out …
Students work in groups of 2 to create a sound room out of a collection of materials provided by the teacher and then selected by the students. Students will test their sound rooms periodically to determine if their structure has the ability to dampen or even completely eliminate a tone, or ringtone emitted from a cell phone that is turned to max. The goal is for students to rearrange and recombine materials until they have achieved sound cancellation, dampening the waves emitted from the cell phone to a degree that the tone is inaudible. The efficacy of the sound rooms will be checked by a decibel meter on an iPad or Android device (free app easily acquired in an app store). Students will check the decibel reading before their structure is placed over top of the cell phone and then after - comparing the drop in decibels. They will track their results on a document as they hopefully observe the efficiency of their structure improving over time and with each test. One important constraint, the students are limited by a budget. The materials will be “purchased” from an in class store utilizing “real world” pricing.
After studying agricultural products of North Carolina. Students will design a vehicle …
After studying agricultural products of North Carolina. Students will design a vehicle to transport their "goods" to market. Student vehicles will be powered by Sphero Mini robots to transport a replicated agricultural “load” a predetermined distance to replicate a journey from farm to market.
Students will work through a self-paced tutorial to learn some of the …
Students will work through a self-paced tutorial to learn some of the basics of Sketchup and produce a 3D design of a dog house incorporating their choices for materials and design. (Note: I have a collection of these tutorials that I am willing to share that build on student knowledge of Sketchup and introduce 1-2 new tools with each tutorial. This is just one of those tutorials.)
Students will listen to a reading of Cloudy With A Chance Of …
Students will listen to a reading of Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs by Judi Barrett. This book is accessible via NC Kids Digital Library. After the read aloud, students will have the opportunity to engage in The Engineering Design Process to design a prototype/model of a hat or clothing to show how people might adapt to the unusual weather conditions as depicted in the story. Students will present their design/prototypes and explain how the designs help people adapt to weather conditions, per the NC Kindergarten Social Studies Standards.
The ability to express yourself well through writing and speaking are important …
The ability to express yourself well through writing and speaking are important skills that you will use throughout your life. We will be conducting collaborative inquiry based research while we develop these skills together. This way we will not simply be passive participants in absorbing information, but active participants in cooperatively learning how to process complex information to develop conclusions. These will contain both individual and group components.
Students will work collaboratively in small groups of 3-4 students for this …
Students will work collaboratively in small groups of 3-4 students for this engineering design unit that integrates literacy to explore properties of objects by selecting the best materials to make their boats and investigate floating and sinking.
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