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Grade Level: 6 (5-7) Group Size: 1
Time Required: 50 minutes
Summary: Students write a biographical sketch of an artist or athlete who lives on the edge, riding the gravity wave, to better understand how these artists and athletes work with gravity and manage risk. Note: The literacy activities for the Mechanics unit are based [...]
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Grade Level: 9 (9-11) Group Size: 2
Time Required: 120 minutes
Expendable Cost Per Group: US$13
(The breadboards, wires, wire strippers, resistors and multimeters can be re-used.)Â
Summary: Students investigate circuits and their components by building a basic thermostat. They learn why key parts are necessary for the circuit to function, and alter the circuit to optimize the [...]
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Grade Level: 4 (3-5) Group Size: 3
Time Required: 45 minutes
Expendable Cost Per Group: US$ .50
Summary: In this activity, students learn about their heart rate and different ways it can be measured. Students construct a simple measurement device using clay and a toothpick, and then use this device to measure their heart rate under different [...]
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Grade Level: 7 (6-8)
Time Required: 60 minutes
(30 minutes for construction, 30 minutes for testing and classroom discussion/journal writing).
Summary: After a discussion about what a parachute is and how it works, students will create a parachute using different materials that they think will work best. The students will test their designs, which will be followed by [...]
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Grade Level: 6 (5-8)
Group Size: 1
Time Required: 100 minutes
One 50-minute class period to introduce concepts; homework time to write journal and blogs; additional class time to prepare the play.
Summary: Students read news reports and first-person accounts to imagine what it would be like to be in a blackout in a large city. They follow news [...]
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Grade Level: 4 (3-5)
Group Size: 2
Time Required: 50 minutes
Summary: In this scenario-based activity, students design ways to either clean a water source or find a new water source, depending on given hypothetical family scenarios. They act as engineers to draw and write about what they could do to provide water to a community facing a [...]
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Grade Level: 7 (6-8)
Group Size: 4
Time Required: 90 minutes
Summary: During this activity, students will learn how environmental engineers monitor water quality in resource use and design. They will employ environmental indicators to assess the water quality of a nearby stream. Students will make general observations of water quality as well as count the number of [...]
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Grade Level: 6 (5-8)
Group Size: 3
Time Required: 1 hours
Summary: Students learn a simple technique for quantifying the amount of photosynthesis that occurs in a given period of time, using a common water plant (Elodea). They can use this technique to compare the amounts of photosynthesis that occur under conditions of low and high light levels. [...]
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Grade Level: 8 (7-8)
Group Size: 4
Time Required: 3 hours
Summary: The purpose of this activity is to introduce students to the concept of the engineering design process and to teach them how to apply it. In “Broken Bones,” students will explore the steps of the engineering design process. They will first receive some background instruction about [...]
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Grade Level: 7 (6-8)
Group Size: Not defined
Time Required: 100 minutes
Summary: Students will conduct several simple lab activities to learn about the five fundamental load types that can act on structures: tension, compression, shear, bending, and torsion. In this activity, students will play the role of molecules in a beam subject to various loading schemes.
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