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:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Students will learn about the TItanic, the mistakes the led to the sinking of the Titanic, and the resulting large loss of life from a STEM perspective. Students will evaluate the mistakes from a STEM
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Thermal shock: bake marbles and place in ice water
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:
8th Grade
This lesson plan is about the making and testing a solar car. This will take a minimum of two weeks. Solar panels and a motor will be provided. Students can use any safe material of their choice to
Grades:
8th Grade
Using rock salt, ice, juice, and thermometers, students will use their inquiry framework to investigate how slushies are made and see if they are able to replicate the results of a traditional slushy
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
In this lesson, students will show how heat transfers into an egg during the hard-boiling process, and additionally, different methods of how heat can transfer out of an egg during the cooling process
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:
7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade
Lesson Summary: Students code robots to match different distance time graphs. For each graph the teacher stamps their paper and they move on to the next more difficult one. Materials Robots that can
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, 8th Grade
Objectives: Today we will discuss how contact forces cause energy to be transferred and objects to move. We will learn that sound waves involve contact forces. We will consider how contact forces are
Grades:
4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Lego seismographs- Students use LEGOs to create a working seismograph. This can be done in 50-120 min classes, students will need vis a vis pens, LEGOs, string, tape, and paper. Attached pre and post
Grades:
8th Grade
Students will gather information about Rube Goldberg and the machine that he created by reading the book Just Like Rube Goldberg. Then students will apply their knowledge of the different types of
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:
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