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This Beginning Engineering, Science, and Technology activity also includes:
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Space, the Final Frontier. The nine NASA-created challenges in this unit are designed to teach class members the engineering design process. Each challenge comes with teacher and student pages that can be used individually or as a complete unit.
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NGSS:
Adaptable
Concepts
Instructional Ideas
- Assign unique design challenges to different groups
- Research the NASA video library to find to share with the class videos that accompany the design class members are performing
Classroom Considerations
- Several materials are needed, so set aside plenty of planning time
- A large area is needed to build and store the designs
Pros
- Engaging unit about the design process
- some of the wide variety of designs are dependent upon previous designs
Cons
- Rubrics are not included
- No assessments are included