Grades:
4th Grade
Students will be engaging in an activity that helps us understand the effect of fracking on the environment by digging for oil (chocolate chips) from their mining site (cookie). Agenda: Fracking
Grades:
5th Grade
This lesson will help students to understand the connection between Earth's orbit around the sun and how it relates to the time of day.
Grades:
6th Grade
In this lesson, students will identify the significance mean, median, and mode while collecting data and making observations about a collection of items in their home. Making these connections will
Grades:
5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Students will be creating an obstacle course and utilizing edison robots and edScratch to program robots to go through the course. Materials: Edison Robots and anything needed to create the obstacle
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Build a strong house able to withstand hurricanes and tropical storms. Compare your work with the actions of a character from If I Built a House.
Grades:
3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade
Over two days students will build lego mazes to code their Sphero minis through. Materials needed are; the planning page, legos, Sphero minis, Sphero EDU App, iPads, and Lego build plates.
Grades:
Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade
Students will be learning about the life cycle of a potato, how to grow potatoes, and measuring the growth of the stems. You'll need potatoes that are ready to plant, garden space, or tubs to put the
Grades:
6th Grade
In this unit, students will study the effects of atmospheric pressure and air resistance on objects to engineer a landing apparatus to land cargo in space. They will then write a Claim based on
Grades:
6th Grade
In this lesson, students will calculate the surface area of rectangular prism, first constructed and then deconstructed and make observations about any potential differences. Making these connections
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Agenda: build a moving car robot Program their car robot using coding Share or present their car robots going through the maze Objectives: Students will learn how to Construct a moving car robot
Grades:
Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
If you have different types of soil and add water, what happens?
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Agenda: 80 minutes What is potential energy? What is kinetic energy? Computing speed/ unit rate Materials: Tapes Balloon Glue Straws Chipboards Wooden axles Rubber bands Plastic wheels Foam blocks
Grades:
3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
Explore how size, strength, weight and time constraints can impact space transportation.
Grades:
5th Grade
In this lesson, students will be measuring the dimensions of the classroom, then calculating its perimeter, area, volume and (optional) surface area. Then they will participate in a design challenge
Grades:
6th Grade
In this lesson, students will identify the significance of the shapes found in and around their home. Making these connections will provide a real-world framework to their understanding of mathematics
Grades:
4th Grade
The standard addressed in this lesson is 4.P4U1.2 Develop and use a model that explains how energy is moved from place to place through electric currents. In this lesson, students will develop and use
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Objectives: After this activity, students should be able to: Learn the concepts of what a robot is Building a model of a robot (not a functioning robot). Explain what is a robot, the parts of a robot
Grades:
5th Grade
In this activity, you will make a model of the planets in the solar system and specifically model their distances to scale Materials: Model of the Solar System-plastic 3D model String Push pins tape
Grades:
1st Grade
Students will grow to understand what decomposition is and why it is a vital part to their compost bins success.
Grades:
8th Grade
1. Read and discuss the the hook “A.I. Apocalypse” 2. KWL Chart on Reverse Engineering KWL Chart Borrowed from: DrivingDigitalLearning.com 3. Video explaining what reverse engineering is and the steps
Grades:
8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade
In this activity, students will perform a hands-on, inquiry-based investigation of the tradeoffs involved in hard rock mining. The object is to purchase and develop a mine, safeguarding the
Grades:
6th Grade
In this lesson, students will identify the significance of the numbers found in and around their home. Making these connections will help strengthen number sense and provide a real-world framework to
Grades:
4th Grade
This lesson investigates that a solar panel can change energy from sunlight into electrical energy and water flows out of the fountain. With the use of protractor, students will figure out the best
Grades:
3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade
Measure throw ins and convert their data to meters dividing by 100. Students will evaluate measurement systems to decide the best measurement size. Enough soccer balls for groups of 2 per class, Meter