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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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Energy Madness
Duration: Six 50-minute sessions
Grade Levels: 4-8
Design a machine that can deliver a remote control to an immobile friend.
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Engineering Journals
Duration: 60 minutes
Grade Levels: 3-8
Practice writing and documentation skills, whether in-person or virtual, with this journaling lesson.
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Design for All: Project Playground
Lesson: 60 minutes Activity: 30 minutes
Grade Levels: 3-5
Become playground designers! Draw a playground for yourself and a fictional friend using a persona.
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Energy at Play
Duration: 60-90 minutes
Grade Levels: 3-6
Build a device that can move a ball to a target while exploring energy transfer.
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Designing a Design Challenge
Grade Levels: K-12
The essential elements and tools for creating your own design challenge.
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Engineering Education Principles
Grade Levels: K-12
Key principles for teaching engineering through design challenge learning in any setting.
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Greywater Gadgetry
Duration: Two 60 minute sessions
Grade Levels: 6-12
Create a two-part system for filtering greywater.
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Go Rover Go
Duration: Four 50-minute sessions
Grade Levels: 4-8
Learn how modifying building materials can convert potential energy into kinetic energy.
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Escape the Lava
Duration: Four 50-minute sessions
Grade Levels: 4-8
Design a device to rescue researchers from a lava flow.
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