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This Chair Lift Challenge lesson plan also includes:
- Student Worksheet: Build a Chair Lift
- Chair Lift Challenge (.html)
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During the Winter Olympics, this would be an engaging task to include in your STEM lesson. Design teams plan, construct, and test a miniature ski lift that can carry a pingpong ball up and down a rope line without falling out. With this resource, you will find colorful handouts, follow up questions, Internet connections, and optional extension ideas.
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Pros
- Common Core State Standards supported via reading material
- Meets several Next Generation Science Standards for engineering
- A fun challenge that stimulates critical thinking and encourages collaboration
Cons
- No scientific concepts are taught; consider including some instruction about simple machines or energy transfer