by STAO ADMIN | Dec 12, 2019
Over-arching Inquiry: How can an understanding of Mechanical Advantage and Mechanical Efficiency help to create a useful application for everyday life? (teacher note: you can always have students create the question by phrasing this as a statement for them. e.g....
by STAO ADMIN | Dec 12, 2019
In this unit plan, students learn to name the six different kinds of simple machines and how they make work easier and more enjoyable for people. They will also learn to design, build and test an arcade game or invention that includes more than one simple machine. A...
by STAO ADMIN | Dec 12, 2019
In this activity, students learn about engineering design by constructing elastic powered cars from everyday materials that can travel in a straight line for a distance of at least 3 meters within a 1 meter wide track. They test their elastic powered racers, evaluate...
by STAO ADMIN | Dec 12, 2019
Can understanding particle theory and heat transfer modes help you build efficient devices to improve our daily lives? Heat is a form of energy that can be transformed and transferred. These processes can be explained using particle theory of matter. Design (or...
by STAO ADMIN | Dec 12, 2019
We started by doing a See/Think/Wonder around the empty incubator and then followed that up by doing another one once the eggs had been added to it. There was lots of discussion around the role of the temperature played. Some of the children made connections to the...
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