K: Polar Bear Dens
(View Complete Item Description)After reading about polar bears and other arctic animals, students will use Keva planks to build a den that the polar bear can stand up in.
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K-5 Engineering Lessons - Moore County Schools
4th: Makey Makey your own Circuits
(View Complete Item Description)Students will be given a Makey Makey kit, a Chromebook with the Scratch website and a choice of materials to create a circuit that will allow the students to play an in instrument.
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3rd: Max's Sleigh Build (Forces in Motion)
(View Complete Item Description)Design and build a sleigh using a WeDo kit, K’nex or similar, that will pull a specific measured weight.
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3rd Grade: Catapult
(View Complete Item Description)Marshmallows are too big for Lego people to throw. Your kingdom has come under attack and must defend itself. Design a catapult using the WeDo kit and motors, that will launch a marshmallow with enough force to knock down your opponent’s wall, before they down yours.
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3rd Grade: Eggbert
(View Complete Item Description)Eggbert has volunteered for the first egg-head mission to the Moon. The problem Eggbert faces is that the landing on the Moon’s surface will be very quick, and his space ship will crash. To ensure the success of this mission, your engineering team will need to design a safety restraint device that will withstand the crash.Your team has a budget of $800.00 to spend on the materials for the design. You must discuss what materials you will purchase, keeping within your budget, and record the items in a spreadsheet. You must also ALL agree on a team design. If Eggbert does not survive your first attempt, you may have time to redesign the restraint system. Your goal is to be the team that spends the least amount of money and keeps Eggbert from cracking.
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2:Dashing through the Underground Railroad
(View Complete Item Description)As students study Harriet Tubman and her contribution to the Underground Railroad, students will create a map that is labeled with coordinates and contains a number of stops at safehouses. Students will then create a program for Dash to start from a specific location and travel along the Underground Railroad.
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Second Grade: Goldilocks
(View Complete Item Description)The chair built must be attractive enough for Goldilocks to want to sit in it. The chair must hold Goldilocks up without falling.
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2: Robot Bowling Engineering
(View Complete Item Description)The class won a good behavior contest and the reward is a bowling party. The day of the party it is raining and the students are unable to visit the bowling alley. So the students build their own bowling alley using the WeDo robot kit. Then they have a bowling competition to see who bowls the highest score.
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Second Grade: The Best Nest
(View Complete Item Description)After Reading “The Best Nest”, by Mueller and Neidigh, students are asked to build a nest that will keep a bird and 3 eggs safe. Nest must hold a bird and 3 plastic eggs and balance on tree branch.
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2. Kazoooooo
(View Complete Item Description)Students will learn about sound and how sound moves. Students then work together to make an instrument (a kazoo) to make sound.
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2nd Grade: Animal Catching Machine
(View Complete Item Description)Students will construct an animal catching machine using found materials. You may want to reread the book in order to help students get ideas!
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1: Three Billy Goats - Keva Plank Bridge
(View Complete Item Description)Students create an engineering project using Keva Planks based on the Folk Tale, Three Billy Goat Gruff. They have the following limitations. Only blocksSpan of river wider than the planks (span is 8 inches)Not weight bearingCan’t build on top of banks (the end of the river base/supports)15 minutes to build
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First Grade: Pollinators
(View Complete Item Description)Students construct a pollinator out of a spoon and pom pom balls that when dipped in the pollen powder will be able to carry the pollen to the other flower, and students could shake the pollen off on the other flower as it moves by it.
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1: Dash to 100
(View Complete Item Description)Using the robot, Dash, students will program him to land on different numbers in order to make a specific total.
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3rd Grade: Sphero Landforms
(View Complete Item Description)Students will use engineering materials to create a topographic map then program Sphero to be a tour guide through the map.
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