Food Web Marble Run
To demonstrate their understanding of how energy is passed throughout an ecosystem and the symbiotic relationships of organisms within an ecosystem, students construct a food web marble run. This activity will need 3 sessions of 45 - 60 min to complete. This is an engaging lesson where students are doing a hands-on activity and collaborating with others in the classroom. They also reflect on what they learned.
Lesson Grade Level
6th GradeLesson Plan Link/URL
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1eCNq6xkuzsv3zzlKRcSL6kfiLiZlr6Mw/edit?u…Subject Area
Science Physical Science P3: Net Force Life Science L2: Organisms & Energy Engineering S2: Apply the Engineering Design Process S3: Apply Mathematics to Engineering S4: Apply Science to Engineering S6: Apply Communications to Engineering S7: Apply Project Management to Engineering Mathematics Number and Operations in Base Ten (NBT) Number and Operations—Fractions (NF) Measurement and Data (MD) English Language Arts (ELA) Reading (Informational Text) Writing Speaking & ListeningRelated Content
Quail Farming
Students will learn about the three pillars of sustainability through their quail farm. They will incubate, raise and restock their quails in order for them to be sustainable regardless of what
Student Objectives: Your challenge is to thoroughly research real-world oil spills and what has worked to help clean them up in the past, then engineer your own prototype boom to clean up a simulated
The students will be working and pretending that they work for an engineering company that is designing a bridge. The Department of Transportation wants to see a model of the bridge, so they will be