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New York State Education Department

TASC Transition Curriculum: Workshop 13

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The six instructional shifts in this workshop definitely move math and science teachers' understanding of instruction. The workshop, 13th out of a series of 15, asks participants to examine sample tests and to look at how the six...
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EngageNY

TASC Transition Curriculum: Workshop 15

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
What do a cheetah, Audi commercial, and air have in common? They're all topics of an engaging inquiry-based, hands-on workshop for educators about background knowledge, reading strategies, the CER model, and argumentative writing. The...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Sum It Up: An Introduction to Static Equilibrium

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students are introduced to static equilibrium by learning how forces and torques are balanced in a well-designed engineering structure. A tower crane is presented as a simplified two-dimensional case. Using Popsicle sticks and hot glue,...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Pharmaceutical Research Design Problem

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Through this lesson and its associated activity, students explore the role of biomedical engineers working for pharmaceutical companies. First, students gain background knowledge about what biomedical engineers do, how to become a...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Chair Design

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students become familiar with the Engineering Design Process as they design and build prototypes for a chair. The miniature chair must be sturdy and functional enough to hold a wooden, hinged artist model or floppy stuffed animal.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Skyscrapers: Engineering Up!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Skyscrapers are one of the most glorified products of Civil Engineering and contain an interesting history of progress and development. In this lesson, the students will learn about the history of the world's tallest free standing...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Wimpy Radar Antenna

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will reinforce an antenna tower made from foam insulation, so that it will withstand a 480 N-cm bending moment (torque) and a 280 N-cm twisting moment (torque) with minimal deflection. One class will be used to discuss the...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Construct and Test Roofs for Different Climates

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
We design and create objects to make our lives easier and more comfortable. The houses in which we live are an excellent example of this. Depending on your local climate, the features of your house will be different to satisfy your...
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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Design and Engineering Process

For Teachers K - 1st
In this series of lessons students employ an engineer's approach to solve problems and conduct a variety of hands-on activities. They use this strategy to identify the problem, brainstorm a solution, design a plan, build an object and...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: How Engineering Affects Your Life

For Teachers K - 1st
Engineers are the people who design and develop things that you use every day. From the alarm clock that wakes you in the morning to the toothbrush that cleans your teeth before bedtime, many of the things you use have been engineered...
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Other

The Design Museum: Can You Redesign an Object to Make It Easier to Use?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Grant Douglas has cerebral palsy and needs assistance to eat. While he was sitting at home being fed cornflakes by his mum, the phone rang. She answered it and as she talked, Grant could see his cornflakes getting soggier and soggier....
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REMC Association of Michigan

Remc Association of Michigan: 21 Things4 Students: 15. Design Thinking

For Students 3rd - 8th
Design Thinking is a process for designing something to solve a problem. It shares a lot of similarities to the Engineering Design Process you might learn in a STEM class and the Scientific Method you learn in science. However, it tends...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Hull Design and Hydrodynamics

For Students 9th - 10th
Experiment with designs of different hulls for boats to see which hulls are suited for which purpose. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with an abstract, objective, and introduction, followed by a...
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Other

Branksome Hall Asia: Design and Inquiry: Sustainable Design

For Students 9th - 10th
Sustainable design is a philosophy of developing products in line with social, economic, and ecological sustainability principles. In design, it is important to understand the distinction between Green Design and Sustainable Design....
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: A Place in the Shade an Engineering Challenge

For Teachers K - 1st
Kindergarteners can participate in the engineering and design process in this challenge in which they try to keep an ice cube from melting. Included in this activity are samples of student's structures, a video of a kindergarten class...
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Other

The Design Museum: Lesson Plan: Redesign Your Kitchenware

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students will learn about the unique kettle invented by designer Philippe Starck. He designed the Hot Bertaa kettle to be different from everything else available. There was no lid to pour the water in, no handle, and no way of plugging...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Career Profile: Electrical and Electronics Engineer

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about the many pathways available to one who has a career as an electrical or electronics engineer. Design video games, cell phones, GPS systems, anything that requires electricity to work. This Science Buddies site lays out the...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Toy Vehicle Design

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this lesson, students prepare their design plans for building their own toy vehicle from local manufacturers' discards. They start to conceptualize what may help the vehicle roll straight and far as they discuss ideas with classmates...
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Other

Open University: Design

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive unit looks at the process of design. By the end of the lesson you will be able to identify innovation in a wide variety of designed objects and evaluate the impact of this innovation.
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Read Works

Read Works: Designing From Scratch

For Students 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about using a design process to solve problems while building new buildings. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Other

University of Cambridge: Inclusive Design Toolkit

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides tons of information about inclusive design. It has an Exclusion Calculator that can be used to assess a product once you understand the principles of inclusive design, as well as the Sight Exclusion Estimator -...
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Other

Aiga: Design Observer

For Students 9th - 10th
A designer's portal featuring writings, news, and critical essays on graphic design, social innovation, urbanism, popular culture, and criticism.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Teaching the Engineering Design Process

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students follow the steps of the engineering design process (EDP) while learning about assistive devices and biomedical engineering. They first go through a design-build-test activity to learn the steps of the cyclical engineering design...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Creative Engineering Design

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students are introduced to the world of creative engineering product design. Through six activities, teams work through the steps of the engineering design process (or loop) by completing an actual design challenge presented in six...

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