TeachEngineering NGSS Aligned Records
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Egg Drop
"Overview: A process for technical problem solving is introduced and applied to a fun demonstration. Given the success with the demo, the iterative nature of the process can be illustrated. Subject: Engineering Level: M...
Efficiency of an Electromechanical System
"Overview: Students use LEGO® motors and generators to raise washers a measured height. They compare the work done by the motor-generator systems with the energy inputs to calculate efficiency. Subject: Engineering Leve...
Earthquakes Living Lab: Geology and Earthquakes in Japan
"Overview: Students study how geology relates to the frequency of large-magnitude earthquakes in Japan. Using the online resources provided through the Earthquakes Living Lab, students investigate reasons why large earth...
Efficiency of a Water Heating System
"Overview: Students use a watt meter to measure energy input into a hot plate or hot pot used to heat water. The theoretical amount of energy required to raise the water by the measure temperature change is calculated an...
Earthquakes Living Lab: Finding Epicenters and Measuring Magnitudes
"Overview: Students learn how engineers characterize earthquakes through seismic data. Then, acting as engineers, they use real-world seismograph data and a tutorial/simulation accessed through the Earthquakes Living Lab...
Eek, It leaks!
"Overview: Students construct model landfill liners using tape and strips of plastic, within resource constraints. The challenge is to construct a bag that is able to hold a cup of water without leaking. This represents...
Earthquakes Living Lab: FAQs about P Waves, S Waves and More
"Overview: Students learn what causes earthquakes, how we measure and locate them, and their effects and consequences. Through the online Earthquakes Living Lab, student pairs explore various types of seismic waves and t...
Earthquakes Living Lab: Designing for Disaster
"Overview: Students learn about factors that engineers take into consideration when designing buildings for earthquake-prone regions. Using online resources and simulations available through the Earthquakes Living Lab, s...
Earthquake in the Classroom
"Overview: Students learn how engineers construct buildings to withstand damage from earthquakes by building their own structures with toothpicks and marshmallows. Students test how earthquake-proof their buildings are b...
Earthquake Formation
"Overview: Students learn about the structure of the earth and how an earthquake happens. In one activity, students make a model of the earth including all of its layers. In a teacher-led demonstration, students learn ab...
Earth Rocks!
"Overview: The purpose of this lesson is to introduce students to the basic elements of our Earth's crust: rocks, soils and minerals. They learn how we categorize rocks, soils and minerals and how they are literally the...
E.G. Benedict's Ambulance Patient Safety Challenge
"Overview: Students further their understanding of the engineering design process (EDP) while applying researched information on transportation technology, materials science and bioengineering. Students are given a ficti...
Drum Roll Please
"Overview: Student teams commit to a final decision on the location they recommend for safe underground cavern shelter for the citizens of Alabraska. They prepare and deliver final presentations to defend their final dec...
Dripping Wet or Dry as a Bone?
"Overview: Students use a sponge and water model to explore the concept of relative humidity and create a percent scale. Subject: Engineering, Atmospheric Science Level: Upper Primary, Middle School Grades: Grade 4, Gra...
Drifting Continents
"Overview: This activity is a teacher-led demonstration of continental drift and includes a math worksheet for students involving the calculation of continental drift over time. Students will understand what continental...
Dress for Success
"Overview: In this design activity, students investigate materials engineering as it applies to weather and clothing. Teams design and analyze different combinations of materials for effectiveness in specific weather con...
Ding! Going Up? Elevators and Engineering
"Overview: Students create model elevator carriages and calibrate them, similar to the work of design and quality control engineers. Students use measurements from rotary encoders to recreate the task of calibrating elev...
Digital Mapping and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
"Overview: Geographic information systems (GIS), once used predominantly by experts in cartography and computer programming, have become pervasive in everyday business and consumer use. This unit explores GIS in general...
Digestive System
"Overview: The digestive system is amazing: it takes the foods we eat and breaks them into smaller components that our body can use for energy, cell repair and growth. This lesson introduces students to the main parts of...
Digestion Simulation
"Overview: To reinforce students' understanding of the human digestion process, the functions of several stomach and small intestine fluids are analyzed, and the concept of simulation is introduced through a short, intro...