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Engineering Common Core W.7.4 research

STEM Design for Learning: Designing Weather Instruments

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A Webquest for Real World Project-Based Learning The Weather Station WebQuest is a great way to introduce students to the world of weather measurement and invention. The webquest and design process supports critical thinking and collaboration as students form teams and make decisions about weather instrument design. The final product is a weather station with models representing best efforts in inquiry, research, design, collaboration, and decision making. WebQuest project-based learning teac

Subjects:

Earth Sciences, Engineering, Problem Solving

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Research, Projects

CCSS:

W.6.3d

, W.6.4

, W.6.5

, W.6.6

, W.6.7

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Clean Up The Oil Spill Decision Making Activity

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TnT Lesson Plans

This oil spill activity is perfect for Earth Day. It teaches students how to research engineering design methods to clean up water pollution spills. Students must then synthesize and analyze the information collected. The last step in this activity is for students to take into account the human and environmental impacts of each clean-up method and decide which method is the best one to use to cleanup the spill.Students will complete research on a variety of oil spill clean up methods and use the

Subjects:

Engineering, Environment, Science

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

Research, PowerPoint Presentations, Activities

CCSS:

W.7.1

, W.7.1b

, W.7.1c

, W.7.1d

, W.7.1e