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=**Five Steps for the Engineering Design Process:**=



STEM Standards of Practice for Student Progress

PowerPoint Highlighting importance of STEM education

Visual Dictionary: Use this link to help you understand some of the challenging words of our STEM work.

Engineering Guide

Project-Based Engineering for Kids

Simple Activities for Little Engineers

STEM links

The Engineering Place

Do you think gumdrops can support books?

Create a pin wheel (wind turbine)

Saving Fred

eGFI lessons

Precipitation Education

STEM Activities


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=**Challenge #1**= Real World Problem- Trash is a human-created problem that is polluting waterways around the world. What can you as a fourth grader do to reduce the amount of trash that makes its way into the water and have a positive impact on the environment?

Product/Prototype/Process- Create a physical model that reduces trash and helps the environment in some way.

CCSS Mathematics/ Practices Measurement MD.2.10 Represent and Interpret Data – collect, organize & display data about the types of trash thrown away in homes and classrooms Standards of Mathematical Practice: Persevering through problem solving

CCSS ELA RI.2.9 Read for information about Kenya. Select one: W.2.1 Write to persuade others to reduce, refuse, reuse and/or recycle. W.2.2 Write to inform individuals and families of the benefits of reducing, refusing, reusing and/or recycling.

Enduring Understanding: Trash is a human-created problem that is polluting waterways around the world. As such, it is up to us as humans to solve the trash problem that we have created. The actions we take have consequences, both positive and negative. There are many times when we have to solve problems created by others.

Connection to STEM Careers: Environmental Impact Specialists Community Outreach Specialists Chemists Waste Management Recycling Artists Resource Recovery Environmental Sciences Statisticians Oceanographers Civil Engineers Mechanical Engineers Chemical Engineers

Essential Questions: How does trash impact our waterways? What is the impact of human-made trash on wildlife? What is our role as citizens of Earth in protecting the environment? Why is it important to continue to look at the trash problem over time? How do our actions impact the world around us?

=Challenge #2= Real World Problem- The world’s water supplies are facing new threats; affordable, advanced technologies could make a difference for millions of people around the world. Can you devise a simple method that can be used for large quantities of water that can be safe and accessible?

Product/Prototype/Process- Create a water desalination and purification system that is safe and accessible.

CCSS Mathematics/ Practices Measurement Graphing

CCSS ELA Write to persuade either affirmative or negative

Enduring Understanding: The world’s water supplies are facing new threats; affordable advanced technologies could make a difference for millions of people around the world. By far most of the world’s water in in the oceans, and therefore salty and not useable for most purposes without desalination.

Connection to STEM Careers: Nanotechnology Process Pipe Designers Electricians Helicopter pilots Cost Engineers Environmental Impact Specialists Hydro-test Engineers Community Outreach Specialists Chemists

Essential Questions: In what ways might you compare the elements of change in a system and determine its positive and negative factors? In what ways might we compare desalination techniques and determine both the positive and negative factors? Can you devise a simple method that can be used for large quantities of water that can be safe and accessible?

1. What concepts or skills should children know or be able to do at the conclusion of this lesson? •How can we use the sun’s energy to do work? •Can we use the water cycle to help clean dirty water? 2. How does this concept impact our lives socially, environmentally, economically, politically, healthwise? •How does soil erosion impact our lives? •How did castles affect life for everyone in the Middle Ages? •How does burning fossil fuels influence our health? 3. What could be designed or built to better study or illustrate this concept? •How could we design a habitat for living things (butterfly garden, bird nest, zoo layout) •Design a vehicle to study force and motion (insulation tubing roller coaster, water bottle car, magnetic toy or wind powered vehicle) •Build a model of a body part •Design an interactive presentation (pop-up book, electric circuit board, multimedia, flip book) 4. How could we use the design process to solve a problem? •How can we control air pollution? •How do animals use body structure to help them survive in their environment? •How would you design a better book bag? 5. What materials and/or tools are used to study this concept? •How do different materials respond to hot and cold? •What instruments are used to measure weather?•What tools does a geologist use? 6. How has the understanding of this concept been affected by technological advancements? •How has our understanding of the universe improved with telescopes, satellites and probes? •How have engineers helped us predict and protect against earthquakes and volcanoes? •What changes in methods of food production and preservation have occurred in the last 100 years? 7. How would we apply this concept in the real world? •How does changing a liquid to a gas help cool a house? •When would need an object to change direction (amusement ride, mechanism) •Where is wind energy a good alternative energy choice? •What materials are better for making safe toys for young children? •How could we cause a change to take place slowly? (i.e.preventing weathering on structures)
 * Questions to Help Create Integrated Design and Engineering Lessons**

•Design an advertisement for a wind turbine or solar cooker •Research a product and create a consumer report •Debate on the impacts of a core concept upon the environment, history, society, and/or the economy (i.e., a nuclear power plant) •Design an illustration of a concept (doll or diorama of a historical event or natural environment) •Role-play a detective to investigate a concept or its impact (how can sound be amplified?) •Develop a game incorporating a curriculum concept (factors affecting an organism’s survival in its environment) •Drama of a famous person or event (the life and impact of Thomas Edison) •Role-play an engineer to explain how something works or could be improved (designing a better student desk and chair) •Be an expert and give a presentation on a curriculum concept (teach others how air pressure affects weather patterns) •Be an eyewitness to an important event (the first airplane flight) •Create a film about a curriculum concept or its impact (oil spill) •Write a log or diary of an inventor or historical figure •Make a model or toy to demonstrate a curriculum concept to a younger audience (magnetic toy or electric answer board) •Create a museum exhibit representing a curriculum concept (landforms) •Newscaster or investigative reporter of a curriculum concept or event (the first telephone call) •Panel discussion of viewpoints or impacts of a curriculum concept (genetically processed food – yes or no?)•Photo display or collage of a curriculum concept (parts of the water cycle) •Interactive poster or display of a curriculum concept (diorama, electric light enhanced poster) •Real-world model of a curriculum concept (phases of the moon) •Three-dimensional display or diorama of a curriculum concept or event (specific animal habitat) •Tour guide/docent of a famous place or of a museum (travel guide for a specific planet)
 * Ideas on Creating a STEM lesson**



= EARTHQUAKES = Use with Chapter 9. Also see Chapter 7 for informational resources.



Earthquake Information for Kids
==Bill Nye video about Architecture ==

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 * =1 point per paper clip=
 * =2 points per index card=
 * =3 points for every cm of tape=

Force and Motion...our next adventure... http://www.hotwheels.com/en-us/speedometry.html

= = = Working with JHS Chemistry Club Students = = Special Thanks to Mrs. Jen Sousa =