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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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  • Engineering Journals

    Duration: 60 minutes

    Grade Levels: 3-8

    Practice writing and documentation skills, whether in-person or virtual, with this journaling lesson. 

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  • Engineering for Earthquakes

    Duration: 60 min

    Grade Levels: 3-5

    Engineer a structure and see if it can survive an earthquake you create. 

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  • Engineering Education Principles

    Grade Levels: K-12

    Key principles for teaching engineering through design challenge learning in any setting.

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  • Energy Madness

    Duration: Six 50-minute sessions

    Grade Levels: 4-8 

    Design a machine that can deliver a remote control to an immobile friend.

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  • Energy at Play

    Duration: 60-90 minutes

    Grade Levels: 3-6 

    Build a device that can move a ball to a target while exploring energy transfer. 

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  • Emerging Technologies

    Duration: Three 60-minute sessions

    Grade Levels: 7-12 

    Examine environmental issues through the lens of four emerging technologies.

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  • Drones: Buzz Solutions

    Duration: 1 minute

    Grade Levels: K-12

    Video: Vik built a drone and attached some pollution monitoring sensors on it to find out how polluted the air was in his city, New Delhi.

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  • Designing a Design Challenge

    Grade Levels: K-12

    The essential elements and tools for creating your own design challenge.

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  • Design for All: Project Playground

    Lesson: 60 minutes Activity: 30 minutes

    Grade Levels: 3-5

    Become playground designers! Draw a playground for yourself and a fictional friend using a persona. 

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