Elementary School:
- Powerful Pulleys
- Engineering: Simple Machines
- The Dirty Water Project: Design-Build-Test Your Own Water Filters
- Creating an Electromagnet
- Properties of Mixtures vs. Solutions: Mix It Up!
I was able to lead my students through the steps of the design process. One of the most powerful lessons they learned was that no idea should be discarded because it seemed silly or impossible.
- 5th grade teacher, Longmont, CO
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October 2024 Editor's Pick
Engineering the Perfect Gummy Candy
Students use a recipe to prepare a hydrogel gummy snack, which has a similar consistency to that found in a Haribo® gummy product. They must convert the juice and gelatin-based recipe from US customary units to metric units with dimensional analysis conversion. After ...