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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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  • Count the Seconds

    Duration: 90 minutes

    Grade Levels: 4-8

    Design a device that can track a specific amount of time and indicate when that time has passed

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  • Cooking with the Sun

    Duration: 40 minutes to build, 1 hour to “cook”

    Grade Levels: 3-8

    Engineer a solar oven and use solar energy and radiation to warm a chosen food item. 

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  • Wild Me: Artificial Intelligence

    Duration: 2 minutes

    Grade Levels: K-12

    When you hear the words "artificial intelligence" what do you think of?

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  • Computer Science Education Principles

    Grade Levels: K-12

    Key principles for teaching computational thinking and computer programming in any setting

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  • Computational Thinking Poster

    Grade Levels: K-12

    Classroom visuals that define computational thinking and its elements. These foundational skills support computer science education for students of all ages.

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  • Collaboration: Blue Sky Analytics

    Duration: 1 minute

    Grade Levels: K-12

    Video: How can you work together with others to create something great?

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  • Coastal Erosion: Designing and Debating Solutions

    Duration: Five 60-minute sessions

    Grade Levels: 6-8

    Make an argument for a solution to coastal erosion.

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  • Climate Change: Blue Ocean Barns

    Duration: 2 minutes

    Grade Levels: K-12

    Video: What other things do you know that contribute to climate change?

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  • Challenge Cards

    Duration: 20-30 minutes

    Grade Levels: K-12

    Use these cards to introduce iteration and redesign to any design challenge.

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Looking for more than one lesson?

Try one of our Content Bundles

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Get with the (computer) program

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Social Emotional Learning

Engineering with empathy

  

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