Displaying 68 of 76 Lessons
 Partner Contributed May 19, 2011
Source: TeachEngineering Digital Library
In this design-based activity, students explore environments, ecosystems, energy flow and organism interactions by creating a scale model biodome. |
 Partner Contributed Jun 08, 2011
Source: NYSCI
In this lesson, students will take photographs and make observations of the living and nonliving things in their area. They will use the information they collect to create a representation of how these things are interrelated and share their representations online. |
 Partner Contributed Mar 20, 2011
Source: TeachEngineering Digital Library
In this lesson, students will design a fermentation experiment and use their data as well as outside research to design a biorefinery plant. |
 Partner Contributed Feb 10, 2012
Source: IEEE
In this lesson students develop a robot arm using common materials, exploring design, construction, teamwork, and materials selection and use. |
 Partner Contributed Jun 17, 2011
Source: NYSCI
In this inquiry-based lesson, students measure the biomass of trees, calculate the carbon stored by the trees, and use this information to create recommendations about the use of trees for carbon sequestration. |
 Partner Contributed Apr 20, 2011
Source: TeachEngineering Digital Library
In this design-based lesson, students study flood dynamics as they modify a riverbed with blockages or levees to simulate real-world scenarios. |
 Partner Contributed Mar 20, 2011
Source: TeachEngineering Digital Library
Students investigate the life cycle of an engineered product and then suggest ways to reduce the product's environmental impact based on their analysis. |
 Partner Contributed Jun 08, 2011
Source: Biomimicry Institute
Students design a shelter, including physical structure, heating and/or cooling mechanisms, an energy source and more. |
 Partner Contributed Mar 20, 2011
Source: TeachEngineering Digital Library
In this inquiry-based lesson, students build particulate matter collectors to discover which local areas produce the most visible air pollution. |
 Partner Contributed Jun 08, 2011
Source: TeachEngineering Digital Library
Students investigate passive solar heating design, building model houses, and testing them for thermal changes during a simulated day and night. |
 Partner Contributed Jun 08, 2011
Source: TeachEngineering Digital Library
This lesson challenges groups of students to design and construct a solar powered car. |
 Partner Contributed Mar 21, 2011
Source: Keep America Beautiful
Students simulate separation techniques used by materials recovery facilities (MRFs) and then design their own series of recycling techniques. |
 Partner Contributed Sep 09, 2011
Source: TeachEngineering Digital Library
Students collect, categorize, weigh and analyze classroom trash and discuss ways that engineers have helped to reduce solid waste. |
 Partner Contributed Mar 21, 2011
Source: NYSCI
This lesson challenges groups of students to design and construct a wind generator with the most electrical output. |
 Partner Contributed Mar 21, 2011
Source: TeachEngineering Digital Library
In this lesson, students will design and build a model filter and compare it to processes used by engineers in water treatment. |
 Member Contributed Jan 05, 2012
Source: wolfie76
This lesson is designed as an introduction to worms. Students will observe real worms to discover the structure of their anatomy. Students will also create an indoor habitat to observe worms in their natural environment. |
 Member Contributed Jan 05, 2012
Source: Tina Kacandes
In this lesson, students select an area of interest to explore, using maps, walking the terrain, and constructing an elevation profile. |
 Member Contributed Apr 17, 2011
Source: millercommaalex
In this design-based lesson, students study the connection between structure and function and properties as they construct a weight-bearing dome. |
 Member Contributed Apr 20, 2011
Source: Ozzie Reed
This STEM-based lesson will encourage students to look at the cell as a system and develop an understanding of how the parts interact with one another. |
 Member Contributed Jan 05, 2012
Source: Jeanne
Students will plan, build and improve upon a wind turbine blade design and thereby investigate variables that affect the ability of wind turbine blades to do work. Then students will research wind energy as a renewable resource and determine whether or not it is a good alternative to non-renewable resources. |
 Member Contributed Jan 05, 2012
Source: Irishganesh
This lesson is an ongoing experiment; students will be given an opportunity to compost using earthworms. They will also be observing the rate in which the worms eat various fruits and vegetables. The ultimate goal will be for the students to draw conclusions using long-term observations. |
 Member Contributed Jan 05, 2012
Source: Tess
This is a STEM lesson about bridges. Students will use problem solving skills, new knowledge and prior knowledge to design a strong, safe, economical bridge. |
 Member Contributed Apr 17, 2011
Source: abowers
Want an ecosystem in the palm of your hands? This lesson will give kids (and teachers) a chance to get their hands dirty while bringing a biome to life. |
 Member Contributed Apr 17, 2011
Source: tlucey
Model a bungee jump using a Barbie® doll and rubber bands. Examine linear functions, line of best fit, and prediction. |
 Member Contributed Apr 20, 2011
Source: janskier
Inquiry-based lesson explores human impact on land preservation. Simple, successful approaches to reversing soil erosion. |
 Member Contributed Jan 05, 2012
Source: Irishganesh
This lesson is a fun and creative way to compare the diameter of each of the planets (to scale) using Cheerios! |
 Member Contributed Jan 05, 2012
Source: amandasolarsh
In this STEM-based activity, students will research and create a Public Service Announcement to educate the public on a communicable disease. |
 Member Contributed Apr 20, 2011
Source: John Tracey
In this inquiry-based lesson, students will explore how chemists use the mass of a sample to determine the number of formula units in the sample. |
 Member Contributed Apr 17, 2011
Source: JSharma1203
Students will build a river system using their own knowledge of rivers and researching different types of rivers. |
 Member Contributed Jan 30, 2012
Source: lcarter03nyscitts2
This lesson is a study on the life cycle of the Darkling Beetle (and can be an introduction to longitudinal studies), covering life cycles, environment and scientific methods. Students will regularly observe and document the metamorphosis of this population from larvae to beetle or intermittently spend periods of time observing their habitat. |
 Member Contributed Jan 30, 2012
Source: lcarter03nyscitts2
This lesson is an advance study of the impact of nutritional substrate on the survival of Darkling Beetle pupae. It can also be an introduction to longitudinal studies. Students will regularly document the metamorphosis of the larvae to pupae to adolescent beetle stage in various nutritional substrates. The strands that are covered are adaptation, environment, and nutrition. |
 Member Contributed Apr 20, 2011
Source: R.Akalski
Students will design a tinfoil boat based on prior knowledge and will improve their design after learning about density. |
 Member Contributed Apr 20, 2011
Source: msscott10
This inquiry-based lesson allow students to find answers to questions they have about the natural phenomena of weather. |
 Member Contributed Jan 05, 2012
Source: Tina Kacandes
Students design a favorite meal and study whether what they like to eat is good for them and the planet in the long run. Following three separate strands - nutritional value, environmental impact and affordability, students play with the parameters and develop a feel for some of the trade-offs in the design process. |
 Member Contributed Apr 20, 2011
Source: Tess
Design based lesson in which the students will have to rebuild a city due to the fact that the city has suffered an earthquake. |
 Member Contributed Jan 30, 2012
Source: orlando
A design-based, STEM lesson that challenges students to use math & technology to analyze population dynamics, including the design and manipulation of spreadsheet models for population growth. |
 Member Contributed Apr 20, 2011
Source: SPiology
In this design-based lesson, students investigate and record the most current earthquake data using the United States Geological Survey website. |
 Member Contributed Apr 20, 2011
Source: MDominguez2
In this inquiry based lesson, the potato clock is investigated to 'see' how chemical energy in 'food' is transferred into electrochemical energy. |
 Member Contributed Jan 30, 2012
Source: rcobb
This lesson was designed to help students understand the effects caused by obtaining and using fossil fuels. It focuses on the oil spill that occurred in the Gulf of Mexico. This lesson can be used as a part of a unit on fossil fuels or environmental issues. |
 Member Contributed Jan 05, 2012
Source: meegzy79
In this lesson, students use engineering design principles to take a food web that they have created and visually represent it in a mobile format. |
 Member Contributed Jan 30, 2012
Source: NBeall
In this lesson, students will explore chemicals which help with the water purification process. |
 Member Contributed Apr 20, 2011
Source: ccoffey
Students will transform into classroom meteorologists, by predicting weather, generating their own weather maps and making anemometers. |
 Member Contributed Apr 20, 2011
Source: John Tracey
Design-based lesson that challenges students working in small groups to design and construct a ping-pong ball launcher. |
 Member Contributed May 01, 2012
Source: holliesherry
Students will understand the importance of designing solutions to problems with a number of emerging technologies and also see real life case studies (such as Wimbledon and IBM's Watson) about how technology can make a difference to daily life.
Students will learn about different types of sensor and Radio-frequency identification (RFID) systems and be able to understand their place at home, school and outside of school. Students will present their solutions and show how they are interconnected with different technologies.
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 Member Contributed Jan 05, 2012
Source: Tess
In this STEM lesson, students will design a strand of lights that is most efficient. The lesson will be tiered. Students will first construct a simple circuit, then a series circuit with more than one light and later a parallel circuit. |
 Member Contributed Apr 20, 2011
Source: thaystony
In this inquiry-based lesson, students are involved in lifting up a mass in order to discover and calculate the amount of work and power that is needed. |
Member Contributed Jan 05, 2012
Source: Kathy Zoda
Students will time cars at varying speeds and graph the results to show that rate varies inversely with time. |
 Member Contributed Apr 20, 2011
Source: Jeanne
In this project, students will research a specific animal and then design a zoo exhibit to successfully meet all the animal's needs. |
 Member Contributed Jan 05, 2012
Source: Gina Tesoriero
Students learn about the Urban Island affect through a "Hot roof vs. Cool roof" experiment. Then, students will design their own green roof to comply with the criteria and constraints of a challenge |
 Member Contributed Apr 17, 2011
Source: coffeeholicat
In this inquiry-based lesson, key chemistry concepts dealing with some algebra will be covered. |
 Member Contributed Apr 20, 2011
Source: Dawkins
Students will describe the topics of weathering, erosion and deposition and how they’re all related in a mass wasting event in the form a news report. |
 Member Contributed Apr 20, 2011
Source: minnapark
In this lesson, students will design a model for a hearing device using knowledge about the transmission of sound waves. |
 Member Contributed Mar 20, 2011
Source: Karencal68
This activity engages students in discussions regarding food safety and organically grown and conventionally grown produce. |
 Member Contributed Apr 20, 2011
Source: mfrank78
Students investigate the differences in temperature in various locations and then model why the seasons occur. |
 Member Contributed Apr 20, 2011
Source: aprilluv4
Inquiry based activities that investigate demography and the population dynamics of different countries |
 Member Contributed Apr 17, 2011
Source: Staceyann727
Students will be able to apply the concept of predatory vs. prey by creating a simulation with common household items. |
 Member Contributed Apr 20, 2011
Source: orlando
A design-based project that challenges students to model circulation, exemplifying the exchange of blood gases, as well as disorders that alter homeostasis |
 Member Contributed Apr 20, 2011
Source: Adelisi
An inquiry based investigation compares DNA fingerprinting and blood typing as methods for identifying missing persons. |
 Member Contributed Jan 30, 2012
Source: Gina Tesoriero
In this lesson students will participate in a kinesthetic activity that guides them through the rock cycle. Then, students will design their own experiment that will simulate the rock cycle using crayons. |
 Member Contributed Apr 20, 2011
Source: rubgit
In this lesson, students will discover and appreciate how simple machines impact human lives. |
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Member Contributed Feb 21, 2012
Source: The Vermont State Science and Math Fair
Students learn to be amateur astronomers, and hold a Star Party with members of a local astronomy club to view student selected night sky objects with telescopes and binoculars.
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 Member Contributed Feb 21, 2012
Source: Channa Comer
Students work in design teams to create a model of a vertical farm to address the challenges of population increase and emissions related to the transport of food across great distances. |
 Member Contributed Apr 20, 2011
Source: Nicole Lanza
Students will devise their own experiments to find lung capacity. |
 Member Contributed Jan 05, 2012
Source: amandasolarsh
In this STEM based activity, students will learn about adaptations of plants in different biomes and how they will be impacted by global warming in the future. Students will then create and design a new plant species that will be able to survive the effects of global warming in a given biome. |
 Member Contributed Apr 20, 2011
Source: Lalluh
In this design-based activity, students will devise a temperature reader that will show the effect of carbon dioxide on temperature. |
 Member Contributed Apr 17, 2011
Source: qin87liu
Students are introduced to the concepts of evolution through a simulation of natural selection of beaks of their own design! |
 Member Contributed Apr 20, 2011
Source: KyleHerman
In this inquiry-based lesson students are exploring electricity by determining how electrical components work together. |
Member Contributed Jan 30, 2012
Source: geraldine
In this lesson, the students will reenforce what they have learned about energy, specifically solar energy, conservation of energy, angles of incidence in relation to the amount of light reflected which is converted to heat. In coordination with the Math department, the students will learn the math behind the construction of a solar oven which will be the culminating activity that will show the application of the concepts learned from the lesson. |
