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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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
Students build a parachute that can travel quickly and safely to the ground.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan
After reading Little Red Riding Hood, students will engineer a basket that will hold 50 unifix cubes while walking 100 steps without breaking.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan
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.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
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
Material Type: Activity/Lab
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.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Students are divided into teams that will collaborate to decide a theme for a machine, determine a task for the machine to complete, create a machine, and are given three trials for the machine to run meeting the specifications outlined on the rubric.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
How can we create something from what seems like nothing?
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During this PBL, students will read a text and make it come alive by creating a 3D story map that shows the major events of the plot and the obstacles that the main character faced throughout the story. Students will then code an Ozobot to maneuver through the story and the obstacles while explaining them to an audience or their peers.
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Students will listen to the book The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires and then collaboratively work together to make a doll that talks using the Scratch program and a Makey Makey. (These two tools were introduced and taught prior to this lesson.)
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To launch: Read “Albert’s Alphabet” by Leslie Tryon Students will then “build” the letters of their name using provided materials or you can assign groups of students letters, so that the class can “build” the alphabet.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
