In this first lesson, students explore technology, both high-tech and low-tech, and what it means to be an engineer.
Students hunt for technologies in the classroom and take apart familiar technologies to understand the system and the components that make them work.
Students learn about blueprints and floor plans and the importance of thinking through and sketching a design before creating it.
Students learn about models and how models are used in engineering. Then, students work with a partner to plan a model for an improved home system.
In this lesson, students learn about 2D and 3D drawings. Then, students use their plans from Lesson 3 to create a model of the improved home system.
In this lesson, students explore materials and design a noisemaker that makes a loud sound.
Students explore materials and design a technology that can quiet the sound around them.
Students learn about sound transmission and different ways to transmit sound. Then, they use what they’ve learned to engineer a sound transmission technology.
Students learn about circuits and how electrical energy moves through a system to turn on lights.
Students continue to explore circuits and learn about conductivity and test materials to determine which are conductive.
In this lesson, students learn series and parallel circuits before designing a light up greeting card.
Students apply what they’ve learned about circuitry to design and showcase a light-up hat.
