Solar Hogan Model
Engineering of the traditional and contemporary Navajo/Diné Hogan using the sun's light to produce electricity. Students create a model of the Navajo/Diné hogan and incorporate solar energy concepts.
Lesson Plan Link/URL
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/11yfRbyxKgUzMxT0tTRIw0rzjOvTl8B44/edit?u…Subject Area
Science Physical Science P4: Energy Transfer Engineering S2: Apply the Engineering Design Process Mathematics Measurement and Data (MD) English Language Arts (ELA) Reading (Literature)Related Content
Students read The 3 Little Javelinas and experiment with making adobe bricks dwellings. Students analyze temperature data and describe benefits and drawbacks to using adobe.
A Shocking Dystopia: STEM Adventures in The City of Ember Part 1 of 4: Blackout! Community Circuits
This lesson is PART 1 of a four-lesson unit, which focuses on futures thinking, the phenomenon of electricity, closed-system agriculture, and water as a renewable energy resource. “The City of Ember”
This is a lesson designed for 4th and 5th grade. It would come at the end of the unit on Force and Motion. It describes a wonderful machine called a Rube Goldberg Machine. This lesson includes an ELA