Grades:
8th Grade, 9th Grade
Make quadratics come alive with stomp rockets! This is a 3-4 hour learning experience where students will build and launch paper rockets, then use the data to create quadratic equations.
Grades:
6th Grade
Students will be thinking like engineers as they design their marble roller coasters using the principles of kinetic and potential energy.
Grades:
5th Grade
In this lesson, students comprehend basic physics concepts that are applicable to constructing a device that protects an egg from breaking when dropped. Team building and self-reflection are key
Grades:
5th Grade
In this STEM lesson, 5th grade students will apply what they have learned about the affect gravity and friction have on an object’s mobility by engineering simple machines to change the ending of the
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Ice Cores and Climate Change
Grades:
8th Grade
This ice core activity takes place within a lesson on climate change that utilizes PBS Learning Media. The teacher will build ice cores for students to investigate and gather data. Students will use
Grades:
6th Grade
In this unit, students will study the effects of acid rain and chemically engineer an environmentally friendly solution to neutralize the acid in a simulated river contaminated by factory run-off
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Scatterplots Using Stomp Rockets
Grades:
8th Grade
Students will use stomp rockets to collect data. With this data they will create and analyze trends of a scatterplot.