Curated and Reviewed by
Lesson Planet
This Ship the Chip lesson plan also includes:
- Student Worksheet: Ship the Chip
- Ship the Chip (Arabic version)
- Ship the Chip (Chinese version)
- Ship the Chip (French)
- Ship the Chip (German)
- Ship the Chip (Japanese version)
- Ship the Chip (Russian version)
- Ship the Chip (Spanish version)
- Ship the Chip (.html)
- Activity
- Lab & Experiment
- Join to access all included materials
Here is a tasty challenge, especially for middle school engineers: design a container that meets mass and volume criteria, and will safely transport a tortilla or potato chip through the mail without damaging it! Mostly, this is a crisp lesson in engineering design. What fun it will be to receive the packages back and open them to find out which team will reign as the chip-shipping champions!
483 Views
388 Downloads
CCSS:
Designed
Concepts
Additional Tags
Pros
- A clever approach to engineering design
- Encourages collaboration, critical thinking, and problem solving
- Can be used to meet various engineering goals for the Next Generation Science Standards
Cons
- None