Weather, Climate, and Human Adaptation
by Colleen Rundell
This lesson takes place over three hour-long, before- school STEAM club meetings. Students will discuss and learning about weather and climate. Then they will complete an engineering challenge to create a coat that fits their body measurements with certain parameters.
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https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1uKWRiFIjO3VIXEycvGgMEI0Q6GbjF9oE/edit?u…Subject Area
Science Earth and Space Science E1: Earth Systems Life Science L2: Organisms & Energy Engineering S2: Apply the Engineering Design Process S3: Apply Mathematics to Engineering S4: Apply Science to Engineering S6: Apply Communications to Engineering Mathematics Counting and Cardinality (CC) Measurement and Data (MD) Number & Quantity (N) English Language Arts (ELA) Speaking & Listening
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