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Lesson Plan

Try Engineering: Spring Scale Engineering

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Students learn about the engineering design process as they design, build, and test a spring scale using everyday items that can measure the weight of an apple. The objective of the instructional activity is to explore how scales work and to learn about measuring devices and construction techniques.

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Concepts
teamwork
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Additional Tags
construction techniques, engineering design process, measuring devices, properties of materials, spring scale, tryengineering, problem solving, nonstandard measurement
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)