Curriculum Title |
Grades |
Description |
Riding the Rising Air | 3-4 | Students explore balanced and unbalanced forces when designing crafts that can hold a penny. |
Greenhouse on the Moon | 5-6 | Students explore the properties of lights and filters when designing a "patch" for a greenhouse on the moon. |
Earthquake Shake! | 3-4 | Students explore wave motion and design solutions to shift the resonant frequency of a building. |
Balancing Act | K-1 | Students explore balanced forces when designing mobiles from classroom materials. |
Harnessing the Wind | 5-6 |
Students explore objects in motion when designing windmills to harness maximum energy. |
Sturdy Structures | 1-2 | Students explore design elements that strengthen an object that needs to support weight. |
Light Changes Lives | 5-6 | Students explore electricity as they design a house with efficient energy use. |
Drop It! | 3-4 | Students explore how to design crafts that minimize damage to eggs when dropped from large heights. |
Simple Machines | 5-6 | Students explore hydraulic technology when designing a platform that allows for physical accessibility onto a heightened platform. |
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Award No. 1824856 and 1824859.