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Noaa: Nautical Chart Challenge [Pdf]
Create a nautical chart after learning how the captain of a boat must prepare to keep his or her passengers and cargo safe while navigating in coastal waters of various depths.
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Noaa: Tying Knots to Solve Problems [Pdf]
Learn how to tie different types of knots and discover how they are useful in everyday experiences.
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Pbs Kids: Design Squad Nation: Games: Fidgit
This resource allows students to practice engineering skills while trying to win a fun interactive game.
American Chemical Society
Middle School Chemistry: Chemical Reactions & Engineering Design
This lesson begins with a story about rescuing reptile eggs from a new construction site. Using the story as motivation, students are presented with an engineering design challenge: Build a portable device which can warm, support, and...
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Noaa: Measuring the Depth of Water [Pdf]
Discover how people used simple tools to map the bottoms of bodies of water before the invention of sonar equipment. Then create a sounding box to measure depths that you cannot see.
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Noaa: Nautical Signal Flags [Pdf]
Read about the significance of nautical signal flags, and then make some of your own to send some messages.
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Tower Power Returns: Engineering Is Elementary
"In this activity from Engineering is Elementary, students design, build, and test a tower that can hold up a stuffed animal. The activity is useful for introducing components of Engineering Design (ETS) from the Next Generation Science...
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology
Ciese: Scratch My Back: Children's Engineering Activity
This instructional activity is based on the book Big Smelly Bear by Britta Teckentrup. In the book, a big, smelly bear has an itch in the middle of his back and can't scratch it. Nothing the bear tries works. Using the Engineering Design...
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology
Ciese: How Does Your Garden Grow?
Based on the book Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! by Candace Fleming. Students must use the engineering design process to plan and build a barrier that will keep hungry bunnies out of a garden.
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Noaa: Build an Underwater Robot [Pdf]
Construct an underwater robot to explore below the surface. Change to the robot to make it work to meet your expectations.
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Better Lesson: Those Darn Squirrels! Brainstorming Ideas
A silly read-aloud captures the attention of students who must jump right into action applying the engineering design process in an effort to stop the squirrels from eating the birdseed. To complete the brainstorming students will work...
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Noaa: Life Saving Satellites [Pdf]
Discover how satellites that orbit the Earth can save lives. Then use images obtained by satellites to construct a three-dimensional paper model of the Earth.
Cosmo Learning
Cosmo Learning: Computational Science and Engineering I
A collection of video lectures from a course reviewing linear algebra with applications to networks, structures, and estimation. Webpage includes thirty-six lectures from a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Lectures...
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Pbs Teachers: Curious George: Ramp N Roll Experiment
Identify simple principles of physical science and engineering by exploring ramps and things that roll. Predict which items will slide or roll down a ramp and test your predictions.
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Pbs Teachers: Rescue Mission, Design Experiment
Design and build a hook that can be used to grab and lift canisters floating in water. Test the design and make revisions as needed.
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Pbs Learning Media: Sesame Street: Sink or Float Educator Guide
This is an educator's guide for a unit on things that sink or float. It includes lesson plans, experiments, and activities. Students apply the scientific method as they investigate whether objects sink or float.
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Pbs Teachers: Daredevil Ball Jump Experiment
Construct a device to measure the height of a bounced ball, then compare the bouncing heights of various types of balls. Record the results on a chart.