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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
Like most of our resources, this lesson is aligned with the engineering strand of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). |
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Exploring Chain Reactions
Lesson: Two 60-minute sessions; Activity: 30 minutes
Grade Levels: 2-12
Explore stored energy and energy transfer while building a series of chain reactions.
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Planet Protectors
Duration: 120 minutes
Grade Levels: 3-12
Students work together to create a Public Service Announcement (PSA) which educates others about protecting our planet.
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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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What's Happening to the Pikas?
Duration: 50 minutes
Grade Levels: K-3
In this unplugged computational thinking activity, learners will work in teams to investigate how human actions have impacted pikas.
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Energy Red Light Green Light
Duration: 20 minutes
Grade Levels: 2-4
This outdoor exercise game deepens understanding of potential and kinetic energy.
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Green Pennies
Duration: 30 minutes of set-up, 5 days of observation
Grade Levels: 5-8
Design a device that can pick up three different objects from at least three feet away.
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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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Zipline
Lesson: 90 minutes, Activity: 30+ minutes
Grades: 1-12
Students will use ideas about pushes and pulls (forces) to design a device that can transport cargo along a zipline safely.
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Wind Maze
Duration: 90 minutes
Grade Levels: 4-12
Students will explore the elements by designing a wind maze, a device that can direct the wind along a specific path.
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