Grades:
5th Grade
The learning target is for students to be able to understand and use a tree map to categorize information and ideas.
Grades:
5th Grade, 6th Grade
Create a barometer using a jar, balloon, stir stick and tape. Collect data and graph it to understand how a barometer works and how it predicts weather.
Grades:
5th Grade
List of Materials for Lesson 2 An assortment of various objects such as paper, balls, books, etc. index cards copy paper, 1 sheet per student 8 ½ by 11 inch white paper, one per group Discourse Primer
Grades:
5th Grade
This is part of of the lesson on Protecting Communities Environmental Resources Part 2 ( Starting a Recycling Project). This lesson was designed to support 5th grade students with knowledge and
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:
3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade
Summary: This lesson is designed to introduce students to the engineering design process through designing and building a bridge that fulfills requirements and abides by constraints. Materials
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
Students will create a simple machine they will use to retrieve objects through a makeshift storm drain. Materials include: Literature Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick, Ch 10 Rats or Worse Goes in
Grades:
5th Grade
This lesson focuses on Kinetic and Potential energy and features a Roll Back Can. The can when complete can be rolled away from the student and then returns back to where it started. The purpose is to
Grades:
5th Grade
In this lesson students will learn how crime scene investigators use science and engineering techniques and technology to solve crimes. Students will match substances based upon their physical and
Grades:
5th Grade
Today we will comprehend basic physics concepts that are applicable to constructing a device that protects the egg from breaking. Today we will apply our understanding of those concepts as we
Grades:
5th Grade
In this STEM lesson, 5th grade students will apply what they have learned about the affect gravity and friction have on an object’s mobility by engineering simple machines to change the ending of the
Grades:
3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade
Students will be learning and practicing the concepts of reflection and refraction through this engaging STEM activity.
Grades:
5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
What goes up, must come down in this thrill-seeking lesson plan! How much energy does a roller coaster car need to make it through a loop? In this lesson your students will learn about kinetic and