Curated OER
How Far Will It Roll?
Learners construct a car with the longest roll using a ramp. They construct Lego cars, modify the wheel sizes and car configurations to evaluate which car design rolls the longest distance, develop a graph, and complete a worksheet.
Curated OER
Tractor Construction
Students working in small groups will build tractors. They must design a tractor that is able to pull various weights.
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Career Explorations
Pupils use a variety of resources to discover their personal goals, interests, aptitudes and priorities. They apply these interests to course selection and career choices.
Curated OER
Tomb Explorer/Temple Explorer
Fourth graders build an explorer vehicle which they program through an obstacle course to enter the tomb or temple to discover artifacts.
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Learning About Our Five Senses
Students study the sense of touch and various degrees of heat. They design a model that displays how the human hand reacts to heat using a touch sensor.
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Egyptians as Engineers
Student design and build Lego vehicles that drag given amount of weight up an incline. They show how this demonstrates Egyptian methods of pyramid construction.
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Introduction to Plates, Axles, and Gears
Pupils are introduced to the function and design of the following Lego pieces: beams, bricks, plates, axles, tires, hubs and bushings. They then work with a partner to build something using only these pieces.
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Kincaid Creatures
Students brainstorm a list of nocturnal and diurnal wild animals they see in their community and discuss how the animals would be different if they were living during the Ice Age. Using a handout, they discover how archeologists record...
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A World Of Matter
First graders complete a variety of experiments with solids, liquids and gases. They read books about matter, identify the characteristics of solids, liquids and gases and the sort and classify a variety of matter. Students make...
Scholastic
Scholastic: The Power of Probability
Middle schoolers will learn and reinforce skills for strategies to identify favorable and total outcomes, calculating simple and compound probability, sampling and proportions and using probability concepts to solve real-world problems.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Playing With Probability Some Simple Scenarios
Exposure to this concept now is both fun and engaging AND a crucial step toward building a foundation for deeper, long-term understanding.