Unit 1: Engineering Design
Tower Build
Everyone loves a good card game! This challenge takes creativity and skill but no worries if you don’t know how to play cards because you are “playing’ with cards. With the right approach and plenty of patience, you can build a three, four or even a five story tower with one deck of playing cards.
What Floats Your Boat?
Have you ever tossed a rock into a pond or a lake? Did you noticed that it sank immediately? Does this cause you to wonder how very heavy huge steel ships can float while a small very light rock sinks? Every object that you put into water will either float or sink regardless of size. Let’s learn about the principle of “Buoyancy” by doing a fun engineering challenge.
Mini Challenges:
All About Air
These mini challenges focus on activities designed to generate interest and understanding of the scientific principals about air. Following these mini challenges you will have the opportunity to construct a working hot air balloon, building on these concepts.
My Waste
This past Wednesday, April 22, 2020 was the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. This week’s lessons will focus on activities designed to generate interest and understanding of household waste that can either be recycled or repurposed.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
This past Wednesday, April 22, 2020 was the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. This week’s lessons will focus on activities designed to generate interest and understanding of household waste that can either be recycled or repurposed.
Working Cardboard Chair
Design and construct a chair built entirely of cardboard that will support you, using no glue or adhesives of any kind.
Hot Air Balloon
Use the engineering design process to build a hot air balloon that flies! Two designs are available: One geared towards grades 7 and 8, and the other geared towards grade 9. Work on one or both!