A short tutorial about how to utilize the engineering design brief template on Go Open NC. This is the template we will use to upload high-quality lessons that are tied to NC Content Standards and utilize the engineering design process
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These are the slides that Cohort 1 folks utilized to generate ideas and make connections on 4/19/22.
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This will force a copy of a simple implementation tracker form that you can edit and use as you begin to roll out activities in your district.
Material Type: Self Assessment
This is a sample survey that could be used with 4th and/or 5th graders. It is highly recommended that you utilize this or some version of it to gather baseline data before rolling out your plans with students (and then annually thereafter in order to track changes). This link will force a copy so that you can add, remove, or edit questions however fits your district needs. Some options worth considering: -Adding a name field in order to follow up with individual students regarding their interests in STEM -Adding a race field in order to better track success with subgroups -Adding or revising the list of STEM Careers to include ones that you would like to generate more interest in within your 6-12 schools (ie, if you have a CTE Drone program, add "drone pilot")
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Students will construct a zoo exhibit based on one from the book using the materials provided, complete with zoo animal.You must use ONLY the supplies provided. The zoo exhibit must be constructed on a flat surface and it must be as accurate as possible based on one from the book.
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Students can work individually or in groups of 3 or 4 to create a solar oven out of a pizza box. Students are trying to figure out the best way to make a solar oven in order to melt the chocolate and marshmallow in the S’more. Students will be given a group of objects and tell them the basis of how to create a solar oven. The oven will need to be placed in direct sunlight for most of the day. This experiment works best on a very hot, sunny day.
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As students are reviewing odd and even numbers, students first sketch out a bug that has odd or even features. Students then use Tinkercad to turn their sketch into a 3D design to be printed.
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After reading Ricky the Rock That Couldn’t Roll, students will engineer a slope/hill and see if they can get a non-spherical rock to roll the length of it. Students will be given 4 (fake) dollars to buy materials according to their plan.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan
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.
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You will investigate various materials to determine their insulation value. From this investigation, you will design and build a doghouse that will keep your dog cool in the summer and warm in the winter.
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Each team has a budget of $45 to spend to modify a cup into the ultimate predator. After predators are constructed, students battle to pop each others’ balloons. Whichever predator is able to survive is the apex predator.
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Students will construct a tower as high as possible using spaghetti, lasagna noodles and marshmallows. Limited supplies of materials are available. Pieces of spaghetti can be broken into desired lengths.
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Students will create a fictitious city that has experienced a natural disaster. Once their city is completed, students will create a vehicle to transport supplies to the people who need help.
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Students use pipe cleaners and uv sensitive beads to create an animal and then design a structure that will protect the animal and keep it from changing colors in the sun.
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As students study electricity and circuits, they can build their Operation games. Made from a few household materials, a makey-makey kit and the Scratch website, students can create and play their Operation game.
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After reading various versions of The Three Little Pigs, students will plan and design houses that could protect the little pigs from the Big Bad Wolf (a hair dryer).
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Students will create an obstacle course for the Dash robot to demonstrate the following movements and position words: straight, in front of, behind, zigzag, between, on top of, round and round , under, above, back and forth, below, beside, fast and slow.
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Students build a parachute that can travel quickly and safely to the ground.
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Students construct a yarn bridge between 2 cups that can hold as many spiders as possible.
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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.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan
