Save the Hiker

Duration: Six 50-minute sessions

Grade Levels: 4-8

Build a device that will deliver life-saving treatment to someone in a hazardous situation.
Resources

Lesson Plan PDF

 

Grade Levels: 4-8

Duration: Six 50-minute sessions

Objectives:

  • Identify when energy is converted [4th-5th grade] or transferred [6th-8th grade] in a system.
  • Use the engineering design process focusing on iteration and prototyping.
  • Create diagrams with labelled energy transfer [4th-5th grade] or conversion [6-8th grade] points.
  • Explain how energy is transferred [4th-5th grade] or converted [6th-8th grade] in their device.

The Tech Challenge

This resource was developed to prepare students for the 2018 Tech Challenge. Each year The Tech Challenge invites teams of students in Grades 4-12 to use the engineering design process to solve a real-world problem.

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This activity was developed in partnership with educators from The Tech Academies Fellowship program. Tech Academy Fellows learn to be leaders of STEM education while designing and testing resources to be shared with other educators.