Engineering Greenhouse Design
by Kelly Smith
~Students apply the engineering design process as they learn the advantages and disadvantages of the greenhouse effect.
~Students will work collaboratively to construct a miniature greenhouse to understand how their designs incorporate the processes of heat transfer within a controlled environment.
~Students will collect, record and graph data over time as they compare the inside temperature of their greenhouse to outside.
~Lesson includes extension options in addition to community connection opportunities (University of Arizona's Controlled Environment Agriculture Center as well as Biosphere 2).
Lesson Plan Link/URL
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1VZKFo5-eWQEhZQ7fv1NFkKfp6eqLqQtZ/edit?u…Subject Area
Science Physical Science P1: Matter P4: Energy Transfer Earth and Space Science E1: Earth Systems Technology 2. Digital Citizen 4. Innovative Designer 5. Computational Thinker 6. Creative Communicator Engineering S2: Apply the Engineering Design Process S4: Apply Science to Engineering Mathematics Measurement and Data (MD) English Language Arts (ELA) Reading (Informational Text)Related Content
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