Rosie Revere, Engineer

Summary:
This lesson uses the children's picture book Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty and can easily be adapted for any grade level. Students will listen to the story of Rosie Revere and discuss her confidence and courage in her engineering capabilities. They will then test a paper Rosie-copter and 2 of their own designs to try to get one to not crash land.

Materials:
Printed or digital version (Epic/YouTube) of the book Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty, Engineering booklet, scissors, paperclips (all the same size), rolls of clear tape, hole punchers, staplers, scrap paper (copy, cardstock, construction), other design & craft supplies of choice.

Agenda:
Day 1: read or listen to Rosie Revere Engineer, then have students graph Rosie's confidence in her engineering skills, students will share their graph with a partner/group and then make any changes to the graph they think are necessary.
Day 2-3: explain the problem and challenge to the students, have students all build the same copter and test it. Students will then continue with step 2 which is broken into 2 rounds. Round 1- students can only make changes to the blades. Round 2- students can make any change they want. Students should then be given time to design and test each new copter. Then have the students present their designs and findings to the class