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:
7th Grade
Context: This is Task 1 (Lesson 1) of four tasks (lessons) of an overall project of “Escaping 7th Grade Science Room” This lesson takes place in a classroom for one or more hours Students may work in
Grades:
5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Teaching students how to identify the 3 axes an aircraft uses while in flight.
Grades:
7th Grade
Students will design balloon rockets in order to solidify an understanding of Newton's Third Law of Motion . Day 1 Introduce and analyze phenomena. Day 2 Develop investigation question/draw models
Grades:
5th Grade, 7th Grade
Summary Students engineer their own rocket, use the engineering process to make improvements, and chart and analyze their results. Includes content from Science (physics), Technology (rocketry)
Grades:
7th Grade
The lesson gives an introduction to ASCII as part of a set of lessons that introduce computer science. For this less you will need colored beads, only need two colors, some string, and graphic
Grades:
7th Grade
Students will research those leaders who have most contributed to the STEM field. They will research and create a presentation which will be shared at a “social event” hosted in class. Students will
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:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Students will design and create a working, themed pinball machine that follows specified constraints and utilizes makerspace materials such as: Cardboard box Rubber bands Push Pins Duct Tape Mini cups
Grades:
4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
This lesson teaches students how to get their drone into the air. It covers hovering, yaw, roll, and pitch. Before the students launch their drones there is a discussion about preparing the drones for
Grades:
5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Introduce the TEM ( Tractor Pull, Engineering, and Mechanics) Challenge and explain that students will demonstrate their understanding of the basic concepts of robotics and mechanical engineering
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Environmental Masters of Disaster Team (groups of 3-5 students) will choose an man-made environmental disaster, analyze its effects, then engineer a method or prototype to solve the problem.
Grades:
7th Grade
Students use their knowledge about cells and their organelles to create a dichotomous key to help guide others' thinking to decide if a cell is a plant cell or animal cell. Students need access to
Grades:
7th Grade, 8th Grade
In this lesson, students will learn about the different components that make up soil. They will learn about particle sizes and other differences that are used to define clay, silt, sand, and humus
Grades:
4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
This is the first of four lessons that help the students to understand the forces that are acting upon a drone when it is flying. The students will learn about how thrust, weight, lift and drag work
Grades:
7th Grade
Context: This is Task 4 (Lesson 4) of four tasks (lessons) of an overall project of “Escaping 7th Grade Science Room” This lesson takes place in a classroom for one or more hours *You may shorten each
Grades:
5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Introduce the lesson topic and explain that students will learn how to design and build a simple robotic arm. Explain that robotics is the branch of engineering and computer science that deals with
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
This is a two part lesson using pull back cars. Students will change the mass of their pull back cars to determine if the mass affects the distance they travel or their speed.
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
This is an 8 lesson unit that is designed to be used together to learn about the health and diversity of your local watershed by placing leaf packs into a water source (natural or man-made ponds
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
This is an 8 lesson unit that is designed to be used together to learn about the health and diversity of your local watershed by placing leaf packs into a water source (natural or man-made ponds
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
This is an 8 lesson unit that is designed to be used together to learn about the health and diversity of your local watershed by placing leaf packs into a water source (natural or man-made ponds
Grades:
7th Grade, 8th Grade
Students will explain how to design an earthquake-resistant structure. Materials: toothpicks, marshmallows, reading text, note-taking materials, Agenda: Warm-up, Test materials, Reading, Discussion
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
This is an 8 lesson unit that is designed to be used together to learn about the health and diversity of your local watershed by placing leaf packs into a water source (natural or man-made ponds