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Irrigation Situation
Use the design process to create a hillside garden irrigation system that maximizes water efficiency.
Grades: 3-5
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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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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Analyzing Patterns in Voter Data
Duration: 90 minutes
Grades: 9-12
Analyze, map and graph voter data, then share the story of your data with others.
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Algae String
Lesson Duration: 150 minutes, Activity: 2 hours
Grade Levels: 6-8
Design and create string creations from alginate.
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Animal Rescue
Duration: Eight to ten 50-minute sessions
Grade Levels: 4-8
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Brainstorming Ideas
Duration: 60 minutes
Grade Levels: 4-12
Brainstorm and conceptualize a device that expands.
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Aim High!
Duration: 75 minutes
Grade Levels: 4-12
Explore angles and trajectories to launch a paper rocket.
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Tech for Tomorrow Virtual Field Trip
Video Duration: 30 minutes, Pre and Post activities: 90 minutes
Grade Levels: K-12
This career-focused virtual field trip takes your students through Silicon Valley to meet some of the region’s most innovative tech experts.
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Tech for Global Good Virtual Field Trip
Video Duration: 25 minutes Pre and Post Activities: 90 minutes
Grade Levels: 6-8
Our Tech for Global Good Virtual Field Trip. Students will meet the 2020 Tech for Global Good Laureates.
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Systems Design Challenges: Connecting to Real-world Problems
Duration: 5 minutes
Grade Levels: K-12
Educators and students reflect on how systems design challenges develop empathy and career connections through real-world problems.
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