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Oil Spill Solutions
Learners build a system to remove oil from a water source. In this environmental engineering lesson, students plan and build a system to contain and remove oil from a water source using various materials provided by the teacher. Learners...
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Plasma Globes and Electricity
Students examine the basic ideas of conductors and insulators. For this electricity lesson, students predict which items will work as insulators or conductors when contact is made with a lightning globe. The students evaluate what they...
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Trash Talkin'
Students analyze classroom solid waste. In this environmental instructional activity, students weight and categorize classroom waste over a one week period. Students examine ideas on how to limit the amount of waste.
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The Luge
Students investigate the concepts of gravity and force. In this forces and energy lesson plan, students construct a luge track to be used to test the speed of various objects sliding along its surface.
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Shapes of Africa
First graders learn the names of geometric shapes and about African cultures. In this geometry and culture lesson, 1st graders describe real world objects and learn to name them with geometric terms such as square, circle, and triangle....
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The Total Package
Students design streamlined packaging designed to reduce waste production. For this waste reduction lesson, students view a diagram to introduce the concept of the engineering design process and discuss ways that packaging can be useful....
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Suspension Bridge Building
Students build a model of a suspension bridge and test the amount of weight it will support. In this engineering instructional activity, students study types of bridges and attempt to construct a suspension bridge shown in a diagram....
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Nano Waterproofing
Students experiment to determine a way to waterproof a piece of cotton fabric. In this scientific inquiry lesson, students use reference worksheets to explore waterproofing and the use of nanotechnology in engineering everyday...
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Break it Down: Reverse Engineering
Students disassemble a toy. In this science lesson, students compare and contrast the inner mechanisms of a toy car. Students predict and illustrate what the inner mechanism look like. Then, they disassemble the toy, and illustrate the...
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Edible Rocks, Munchy Meteorites
Learners observe candy samples and attempt to match them to their descriptions. In this meteorite lesson, students are introduced to meteorite terminology with candy samples. They describe the candies in their own words and work together...
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Bridge Building, Tension, and Compression
Students demonstrate tension and compression using real world examples. In this forces lesson, students demonstrate tension on a suspension bridge. They demonstrate compression on different roof designs.
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Strong as the Weakest Link
Students apply knowledge of stresses and forces by building model structures. For this force lesson, students consider skyscrapers and bridges in the world around them and the stresses that these structures endure. They use their...
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Save Our City
Students identify ways to prepare for natural disasters. In this disaster preparation lesson plan, students read about disaster prevention devices and study cut-outs of six different disaster prevention devices. Students use a weather...
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The Energy of Decay
Students explore the decaying of organic matter. In this physical science lesson, students view a video of how organic material is harvested as an energy source. Students find uses for an old piece of fruit.
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Lesson: Magnify It
Students explore the concept of magnification. In this science tools lesson, students participate in activities at viewing stations within the classroom. Students use magnifying tools at each of the stations and reflect on their...
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Landfills and Contamination
Students discover the dangers of landfills to our environment by investigating leachate. In this environmental lesson, students create a model landfill experiment in which they observe the effect of rain on a landfill over the...
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Wind Power
Middle schoolers explore wind energy. In this wind power lesson, students create models of wind turbines and experiment with changes that will help efficiency. Middle schoolers watch a video on wind power and discuss. Students work in...
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Energy Transfer in Musical Instruments
Students create unique sounds using different instruments. In this energy lesson, students read and define several vocabulary terms such as heat, energy transfer and thermal equilibrium. Students utilize several household...
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Privacy - What's the Big Deal?
Students investigate Internet privacy by discussing ideas with their classmates. In this personal information lesson plan, students listen to a teacher tell them their every move will be watched as part of a research activity at...
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Way to Flow - Water Irrigation
Students develop and build an irrigation system in which they move water from one source to two different locations. In this water irrigation lesson plan, students work in small groups to determine how civil engineers have developed...
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Gingerbread Architecture
Students build a gingerbread house. For this holiday lesson, students bake the gingerbread, create the frosting, and decorate their house with candy. They measure the sides of the house to make sure that it is stable.
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The Great Wave
Students investigate tsunamis and how they are caused. For this natural disaster lesson, students discuss earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides and other causes of tsunamis. Students conduct an experiment in which they drop...
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Tsunami Survival
Students can explain the causes of a tsunami and its effects. In this tsunami lesson, students create a tsunami generator. Students create waves with a metal plate. students create houses and find which designs last best in a...
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Taking the Heat
Young scholars measure the heat absorbed by different materials and learn why engineers need to know how different materials story thermal energy when designing buildings. In this heat capacity lesson plan, students use a thermometer to...
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