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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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Save the Species Challenge
Duration: Four sessions, 60 minutes each
Grade Levels: 7-12
Develop a solution that assists governments in protecting species in designated areas.
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Scientist Stories
Duration: 60 minutes
Grade Levels: 6-12
Reflect on the stories of a diverse set of role models through the Scientist Stories video series in our Solve For Earth exhibition.
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Save the Fruit
Duration: Five 60 minutes sessions
Grade Levels: 3-5
Create a device that will harvest fruit from a tree and examine points of failure for iteration.
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Satellite Shield
Duration: 60 minutes
Grade Levels: 4-8
Explore the properties of materials by designing a barrier that will protect a satellite from colliding objects.
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Purposeful Packaging
Lesson: 90 minutes; Unit: 150 minutes
Grade Levels: 6-8
Students will play the role of packaging engineers, exploring how to protect shipped items in innovative ways.
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Redistricting Unplugged
Duration: 60 minutes
Grade Levels: 9-12
Students apply computational thinking to the real-world problem of redistricting as they use abstraction to redraw a series of maps.
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Puzzling Procedure
Duration: 40 minutes
Grade Levels: 3-5
Create an algorithm (instructions) for others to solve a jigsaw puzzle using computational thinking.
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Shaky Shelves: Exploring Cause and Effect
Duration: Four 45-minute sessions
Grade Levels: 6
Write a proposal to the mayor for a device that prevents product and profit loss caused by earthquakes.
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Solve the Fall
Duration: 50 minutes
Grade Levels: K-12
During this engineering-based lesson, learners design and build a device that can survive a drop in order to deliver emergency supplies.
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