This STEM challenge can be used during an air unit. Students work …
This STEM challenge can be used during an air unit. Students work together in groups to create a parachute for a lego person. Students are able to find ways to best maximize air resistance. The students need to find the best way to increase the time that the lego person stays in the air when dropped from the second floor to the first floor.
Student groups compete to design a process that removes the most iron …
Student groups compete to design a process that removes the most iron from fortified cereal. Students experiment with different materials using what they know about iron, magnets and forces to design the best process for removing iron from the cereal samples.
Student teams investigate the properties of electromagnets. They create their own small …
Student teams investigate the properties of electromagnets. They create their own small electromagnet and experiment with ways to change its strength to pick up more paper clips. Students learn about ways that engineers use electromagnets in everyday applications.
In the aluminum foil boats challenge, elementary students learn about buoyancy by …
In the aluminum foil boats challenge, elementary students learn about buoyancy by creating boats from aluminum foil. They experiment with different shapes to see which can hold the most weight before sinking. This fun activity teaches them about balance and how things float. The lesson ends with a competition, where students add weights to their boats and discover which designs work best.
In this Unit, students embark on a mission to create a campaign …
In this Unit, students embark on a mission to create a campaign which promotes seat belt use for a teenage audience. In the context of this project, students explore NGSS PE’s 3-PS2-2, 3-PS2-1, 3-5-ETS1-1, 3-PS2-3, and 3-PS2-4 while investigating the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces acting on an object. Through a series of collect evidence to write a claim based on evidence for why seatbelts are important.
This grade-3 magnet unit uses stations and challenges to facilitate exploration of …
This grade-3 magnet unit uses stations and challenges to facilitate exploration of magnets. The grand finale is a magnet show that student create and perform for an audience. Aligned to NGSS standards in Force and Motion.
Students complete a series of six short investigations involving magnets to learn …
Students complete a series of six short investigations involving magnets to learn more about their properties. Students also discuss engineering uses for magnets and brainstorm examples of magnets in use in their everyday lives.
Students need a better understanding of magnetic fields and the ways in …
Students need a better understanding of magnetic fields and the ways in which magnets are used to help solve real world problems. Students will explore how magnets work and interact with each other. They will learn engineering skills by designing an electromagnet to lift and transport a Matchbox car from different distances. Students will work with different types of magnets, gauges of wire, nails, and bolts to design their electromagnet.
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