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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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  • 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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  • Catch It, If You Can

    Duration: Five or six 60-minute sessions

    Grade Levels: 4-7

    Build and develop a scale drawing of a rain catchment system that will help conserve water.

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  • Career Aspirations: MicroByre

    Duration: 1 minute

    Grade Levels: K-12

    Video: What would you like to be when you grow up?

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  • Cabbage Inks

    Duration: 120 minutes

    Grade Levels: 3-12

    Explore the chemistry of acids and bases as you paints from red cabbage.

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  • Butterfly Algorithms

    Duration: 70 minutes

    Grade Levels: K-3

    Create an algorithm, then write it using conditionals.

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  • Building for Birdie

    Lesson: 60 minutes; Unit: 150 minutes; Activity: 30 minutes

    Grade Levels: K-2

    Apply knowledge of shapes to build a bird home.

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  • Building a Storm Drain

    Duration: 45-60 minutes

    Grade Levels: 3-8 

    Create a storm drain cover that can keep trash out to protect our waterways.

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  • Bridging the Gap

    Duration: Five 50-minute sessions

    Grade Levels: 4-8

    Build a bridge to determine how different designs affect stability and strength.

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  • Brainstorming Ideas

    Duration: 120 minutes (Two 60-minute sessions)

    Grade Levels: 3-12

    Develop brainstorming and research skills which can be applied to any problem.

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