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Makey Makey Storyboards
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Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
This lesson takes students through the process of creating an interactive storyboard using a Makey Makey circuit board. This lesson can be adjusted for any grade level with examples given in the 4th
Grades:
5th Grade, 6th Grade
This is the second part of a two-part lesson. This lesson has students using a stethoscope to measure heart rate to collect data for equivalent ratios.
Grades:
5th Grade, 6th Grade
This is a lesson that has two parts. The first is a lesson is using the design process to create a simple stethoscope using various materials and defining which would give the best results. Part two
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
Are your students fans of Formula 1? If they are or aren't this lesson will take a look into the dominance of Red Bull Racing in Formula 1. Why is Red Bull so dominant? Is it the driver or the
Grades:
3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade
An overall view of mining, minerals, and their role in our everyday life. This lesson compares the past, present and future of mining and it's relativity to sustaining our way of life.
Grades:
Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Most students are likely familiar with popular films like Happy Feet, Surf’s Up, Penguins of Madagascar, and classic books like Mr. Popper's Penguins. Capitalizing on this familiarity with penguins
Grades:
5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade
Students will use the principles invented by Bernoulli and Archimedes to learn about hot air balloons. Then students will create one out of tissue paper and test it!
Grades:
5th Grade, 6th Grade
Students will use PIXLR to compare sizes of the moon and earth to each other and other objects in the solar system.
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
This is an introductory lesson to binary and circuits. In this lesson, students will learn about binary code, logic gates, and how circuits enable computers to process binary code. This lesson is
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
For this lesson, students will be using the LEGO Spike Prime Kits and LEGO Mindstorm software. Students will write programs using the Color Sensor to make the Driving Base autonomous. A variety of
Grades:
6th Grade
Students are challenged to create a battlebot that will be powered by a sphero and compete against other bots. Each bot will have an inflated balloon attached to the back. The objective is to pop
Grades:
6th Grade
Students will research and use math calculations to set up a classroom worm compost bin to compare to a classroom non-worm compost bin to be utilized for observation throughout the school year for
Grades:
6th Grade
This lesson provides context for the 6th grade physical science standards dealing with matter. It enables students to anchor their learning in real world issues as they combine data literacy and art
Grades:
6th Grade
In this engaging lesson, students use real-world data to explore criteria for air pollutants. If students continue to the next lesson in this series, they create data-based art to deepen and
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Students will investigate the properties of different types of matter and apply the concept of "P1: Matter" to design, model, and 3D print an object using a MakerBot 3D printer. Hands-On STEM Design
Grades:
6th Grade
In the captivating lesson, "Dive into the World of Atoms," sixth-grade students embark on a journey into the microscopic realm to discover the fundamental building blocks of matter. The class kicks
Grades:
5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
Students will explore mathematical rules for combining fractions with unlike denominators by modeling equivalent resistance calculations for resistors wired in parallel electrical circuits. Using a
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
This lesson is part 2 of 2, Days 3 and 4. This lesson is set up to have students explore the friction bridge designed by Leonardo Da Vinci. Students have discovered the inventor and become familiar
Grades:
6th Grade
In this lesson, students are to use simple materials to create a structure that holds weight. It must be able to stand on its own. Students will first study and discuss gravity.
Grades:
6th Grade
In this lesson, students will explore how temperature and pressure can each affect the states of matter. Students will develop a plan and a hypothesis, and will the conduct their experiment to analyze
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
This lesson is intended to be the second lesson within a series. After the first lesson, exploring the transfer of power within a system, Students utilize this lesson, lesson 2, to explain how and
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Students will create a Google slideshow presentation to document their progress through the engineering design process, which includes: researching the science of sound, then creating an instrument
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Students observe particle movement for solids, liquids, and gases. They then write Pseudocode for coding particle behavior and then they code particle movement on Scratch for the three states/phases
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade
This lesson could be a Part II for the 3D modeling atomic theory lesson using Tinkercad, or this lesson can be delivered independently. In this lesson students fill out an atomic theory timeline and
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Makey Makey Storyboards
Grades:
Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
This lesson takes students through the process of creating an interactive storyboard using a Makey Makey circuit board. This lesson can be adjusted for any grade level with examples given in the 4th
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Sphero Rocket Payload Mission
Grades:
9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
This lesson uses Sphero's "Rocket Payload" activity with the Outer Space Mat. The full lesson includes information on rocket payload, a Sphero coding challenge, a NASA link to read, optional questions
Grades:
1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
This lesson using Ozobot is centered around a favorite read aloud, "When Things Aren't Going Right, Go Left". This story is about perseverance. After reading it, students use color code directions and