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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
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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