Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Model Building For Disaster is a 4-6 week unit in which students research natural disasters around the world and their effect on developing countries. Following their research, student teams design
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
This lesson will explore aerodynamics, rocketry, and principles of space flights. Students will act as engineers. Their job is to research, plan, design, and build a water bottle rocket that will
Grades:
7th Grade
This lesson provides an engaging STEM project by making a catapult. The goal is to shoot a pingpong ball in a basket. Student's knowledge on forces and engineering design processes are essential to
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
This lesson will provide students with hands-on experience to design a roller coaster that will demonstrate transformation and conservation of mechanical energy. Students will learn the concept of
Grades:
7th Grade
Students will investigate how plants grow and what they need. They will then be introduced to the idea of hydroponic planting and then be asked to design a hydroponics system of their own using
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
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, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Today we will fuse glass. Fusing is the joining together of compatabible glass sheets or pieces. Glass fuses at 1490 degrees. All glass must be compatible it conforms at 6mm or ¼”. Glass that is
Grades:
7th Grade
The students will use the given materials to make a package around a set of 9 jenga blocks and transport them use a remote control truck through a track. The materials needed are masking tape, paper
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:
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, 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
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
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:
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:
4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Students become engineers and create a modified adaptive device after disassembling and assembling eyewear and creating a new adaptive device
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:
3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
One Plastic Bag is about a child in Gambia, West Africa who sees plastic bags piling up on the side of the road. Students will listen to the book being read (in person or online) then create their own
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:
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:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Thermal shock: bake marbles and place in ice water
Grades:
7th Grade
Students take three days to create a maze using Gravitrax kits and pieces. Students then use their maze to create a model and explain where they see Newton's laws of motion at work within their maze.
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:
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