Grades:
4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade
Summary: Students will design and create a prototype that will sustain plant growth without soil. Materials: plastic bottles, aluminum cans (empty and open on one side), pebbles, 1/2 cup of water per
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
In this lesson, students will investigate the properties of a mixture, as if it were a contaminated soil sample near a stream. This activity will show students that heterogeneous mixtures can be
Grades:
4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade
Summary: Students will design and create a model of a flowering plant that correctly displays its external structure. Materials: Straws, toothpicks, felt, paper, string, wooden skewers, modeling clay
Grades:
6th Grade
Materials: Base plate: The base plate is the foundation for the wind turbine and supports the rest of the components. Tower: The tower holds up the gearbox and the rotor assembly. Gearbox: The gearbox
Grades:
6th Grade
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
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Students will create their own cookie cutters to fill a custom order in their bakery. They will need access to 3D design software like tinkercad and access to a 3D printer. It's even more fun when you
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade
This lesson plan requires the prior knowledge of the students about the different operations with Integers. This will be an activity to master the concept about integers through a DaMath game. This is
Grades:
6th Grade
Agenda: Introduction and Video Collaboration (10 minutes) Discuss blade design Research blade designs Construct Blades Finalize Blades attach to wind turbine hub Assessment/Closure Materials: Paper
Grades:
3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
This lesson incorporates a TikTok challenge of using everyday supplies for retrieving items from a storm drain.
Grades:
6th Grade
Students will construct a paper windmill to compare it to their future wind turbine. The materials needed are Square piece of paper (any size), Pencil, Scissors, Ruler, Pushpin, Straw or wooden stick
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
This middle school lesson covers the concept of air resistance. Students work in teams of 3 with a list of materials to design, build, and test 3 parachutes that will maximize the air resistance of a
Grades:
6th Grade
This is the first part the egg drop challenge. Students will design and test an egg drop capsule. Students will keep a budget and fill out a data and reflection paper.
Grades:
6th Grade
Students will be thinking like engineers as they design their marble roller coasters using the principles of kinetic and potential energy.
Grades:
5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Building on the programming concepts explored in part 1, this section asks students to re-imagine the ‘spiral-out’ program to be a spiral-in program instead. Designed to be a stepping-stone activity
Grades:
3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
This hands-on science lesson will help students get a more accurate view of the solar system by making a scale model with play dough, balloons, rulers, and tape
Grades:
1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Students will learn about kinetic and potential energy as they build their own roller coasters from simple classroom materials like construction paper, tape, and marbles. Approximately 60 minutes
Grades:
5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
In this lesson you will Introduce the key computational concept of variables using Edison robots and the Scratch-based programming language EdScratch4. Variables, which can be created and utilised
Grades:
4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
In this lesson students review the Edison robot and coding in Edscratch. They will then work together to solve math problems and then code the edison robot to match their solution to the math
Grades:
6th Grade
This is the second part of the egg drop challenge. Students will improve on their original deign and make a new design to test and analyze.