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Have students drive their own learning in Motion Impossible!
Motion Impossible
In this three part challenge, students will design and test devices that can move a heart quickly and safely across land, water, or air.
Grades: 4-12
Duration: Three 60 minute sessions
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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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Caution! Wildlife Crossing
Duration: 20+ minutes
Grade Levels: 1-5
Build a structure to get an animal safely across a road.
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Responsible Reservoirs
Duration: 20+ minutes
Grade Levels: 5-8
Play a game that shows the complicated cause and effect relationship involved in major environmental decisions.
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Irrigation Situation
Duration: Lesson: 90 minutes; Unit: 150 minutes
Grade Levels: 3-5
Use the design process to create a hillside garden irrigation system that maximizes water efficiency.
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Pick + Chews Data Talk
Data Talk: 5-15 minutes
Grade Levels: 3-12
How does the food we eat impact the environment? Analyze graphs about three different food groups and consider how you could build a meal that has less impact on our…
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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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Computational Thinking
Get with the (computer) program
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Data Science
Byte into these
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Design Challenge Learning
Explore tips for innovation
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Systems Design
Systems Design
Big thinkers, unite!
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Social Emotional Learning
Engineering with empathy
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