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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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Shipwreck Shelters
Duration: 60 minutes
Grade Levels: 4-12
Work in teams to build structures that can withstand a natural hazard. Visit three “islands” and build a structure with only two or three materials.
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Social Engineering: Scam Alert!
Duration: 50-60 minutes
Grade Levels: 4-6
Students will become members of their school’s Scam Alert Team to help protect their community from internet scams.
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Storm Shield: What Living Things Need
Duration: Five 45-minute sessions
Grade Levels: K
Design and build a shelter to keep animals safe in severe weather.
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Vaccine Distribution Challenge
Duration: Four sessions (60 minutes each)
Grade Levels: 7-12
Consider the complexities of infrastructure, public health and sociocultural landscapes in designing a solution to distribute a life saving vaccine.
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Weight Distribution and Flight
Duration: Two 60-minute sessions
Grade Levels: 4-8
Conduct weight distribution experiments with paper airplanes to gather information for a short presentation.
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The World’s Water Problem
Duration: 180 minutes
Grade Levels: 6-8
Investigate global water issues through design activities and a series of video clips featuring The Tech for Global Good laureate, Solvatten.
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Vocabulary Choice Board
Duration: 20-30 minutes
Grade Levels: K-12
Vocabulary activities to pair with one of our labs or other STEM activities.
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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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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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