Unit of Instruction
Engineering Basics
Program
Elementary School
Targeted Grade Level
PreK - 5th
Description
In this unit, students will learn to see like a designer and think like an engineer as they explore basic engineering concepts such as measurement, how to make things strong, how to make things move, and how to use a design and engineering process to solve a challenge.
Included Lessons
- Introduction to ROK Blocks
- See Like a Designer, Think Like an Engineer
- Design Perspectives
- Making Things Strong
- Making Things Move
- The Design & Engineering Process
- ROK Creek Bridge
NGSS Learning Dimensions
Scientific & Engineering Practices
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Asking questions and defining problems
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Developing and using models
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Using mathematics
Crosscutting Concepts
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Patterns
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Scale, proportion, and quantity
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Structure and function
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