Engineering design process, pushes and pulls (forces), motion, gravity, friction.
Grades 6-8
Weather vs. climate, engineering design process, carbon cycle, greenhouse gases, climate change.
Types of weather conditions, climate, severe local weather events, engineering design process.
Types of weather, seasonal weather patterns, severe weather impacts on human populations, engineering design process.
Engineering Design Process, Caine’s Arcade, Building your own arcade/carnival game.
Literacy, Engineering Design Process, Design Challenges.
Engineering Design Process, Caine’s Arcade, Building your own arcade/carnival game.
Discover the aerodynamics of golf balls as students work in teams to evaluate the physics and engineering used in sports equipment design.
Students make a simple but strong structure from tubes made from rolled up newspaper.
Students imagine and design greener transportation solutions for their families.
Students identify innovations at their school that have been created to help people or solve specific problems.
Salt crystals demonstrate how forces can be directed in mechanical systems.
