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Scientists and Engineers USE “OUT OF THE BOX” THINKING
In this lesson, students learn that scientists and engineers use “out of the box” thinking. They read the book Not a Box, by Antoinette Portis. Af...
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Scientists and Engineers DO EXPERIMENTS TO ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS
In this lesson, students learn that scientists and engineers do experiments to answer their questions. They read the book Noa the Little Scientist, by...
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Lesson Plan 1: Earth’s Sensational Seasons
In this lesson, students explore the concept of the four seasons and how the changing seasons affect plant development. They will begin to understand ...
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Lesson Plan 2: Our Container Garden–Design Time
This lesson introduces students to the engineering design process (EDP), the process they will use to design and create their container garden. In thi...
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Lesson Plan 3: Our Container Garden–Planting Time
In this lesson, students continue to use the engineering design process (EDP) to create the class container garden. Students move into the Try phase a...
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Lesson Plan 1: Forces Push Back
This lesson introduces students to the module and the culminating challenge of the module, the Swing Set Makeover Design Challenge. A video, discussio...
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Lesson Plan 2: Slippery Slide Design
In this lesson, students investigate Newton’s laws of motion and apply their learning to make a more efficient ramp on which a car will travel. This...
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Lesson Plan 3: Swinging Pendulums
In this lesson, students continue to explore the forces acting on swing set equipment and the motion that results. Science activities focus on balance...
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Lesson Plan 4: Swing Set Makeover Design Challenge
This lesson serves as the capstone of the module and challenges students to complete their swing set makeovers. The science and mathematics activities...
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This lesson asks students to devise a solution to the challenge of a decrease in pollinator availability for crop production. The first goal is to int...
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This lesson asks students to engage in a series of activities to understand the relationship among photosynthesis, respiration, carbon dioxide (CO2), ...
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This lesson asks students to develop strategies for matching genetic characteristics with environmental conditions to optimize the growth of the Pacif...
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This lesson asks students to develop a synthetic genetic code to minimize the change in amino acid sequence in a protein due to mutations, within give...
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This lesson asks students to consider the aspects of cell cycle regulation and feedback as they propose a mechanism to stop cancerous cell division wi...
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This lesson asks students to explore the positive and negative factors affecting ecosystems and their impact on either an endangered species or an inv...