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Compare different self-powered vehicles in this exploration of potenial and kinetic energy.
Have students pair engineering and data science in Data-Driven Energy Exploration!
Data-Driven Energy Exploration
In this new lesson students explore how to analyze data by building and testing one of three self-powered vehicles. They will contribute to a class data set, then iterate on the design based on the data. This lesson is great preparation for The 2025 Tech Challenge: Gravitate to Navigate.
Grades: 4-12
Duration: 90 minutes
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Like most of our resources, this lesson is aligned with the engineering strand of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). |
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Iteration: Strawcture Eco
Duration: 2 minutes
Grade Levels: K-12
Video: Think of a time that you had an idea that didn't work the first time. How did you make it better?
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Investigating Lift
Duration: 65-80 minutes
Grade Levels: 6-8
Build a device to explore the force of lift in a hovercraft. Grade Levels: 6-8
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Hover Design Challenge
Duration: 50-60 minutes
Grade Levels: 3-12
Build, test and modify hovering devices in a wind tunnel to expand knowledge of design and aerodynamics.
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Hashing and Cracking: Password Essentials
Duration: 50-60 minutes
Grade Levels: 4-6
Students take on the role of an entrepreneur creating their own company website.
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Greywater Gadgetry
Duration: Two 60 minute sessions
Grade Levels: 6-12
Create a two-part system for filtering greywater.
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Go Rover Go
Duration: 165-240 minutes
Grade Levels: 3-12
Design and prototype a device that rolls to a target area.
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Food Waste: Goodr
Duration: 1 minute
Grade Levels: K-12
Video: How can we stop throwing away perfectly good food and use it to feed the people who need it?
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Escape the Lava
Duration: Four 50-minute sessions
Grade Levels: 4-8
Design a device to rescue researchers from a lava flow.
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Engineering Takes Flight
Duration: Five 50-minute sessions
Grade Levels: 4-8
Explore the flight characteristics of different materials while designing an aircraft.
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