University of California
South Coast Science Project: Mimicking Plants and Animals Lesson Plan
In this instructional activity, students are challenged to think about external features that animals and plants have that humans have copied. Students then apply their engineering skills to design a jacket. In addition, this activity...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Introducing Engineering
There is something gross under the cafeteria table. Do you pick it up? Gross! How about we mimic a bird's beak to solve the problem of picking up our trash? This activity models walking through the first few steps of the Engineering...
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology
Ciese: Scratch My Back
Starting with the book Big Smelly Bear by Britta Teckentrup, students use the engineering design process to design a solution to the bear's problem of not being able to scratch an itchy back.