Unit of Instruction
Is It Strong?
In this unit, children expand on their growing understanding of engineering and what it means to be an engineer. The activities engage students with a real-life problem that engineers often face: how to make things stronger. Students also learn part of the design cycle by testing their designs and improving them.
- Is It Strong? - Unit Overview
- How Much Load Can It Hold?
- The Long Haul
- Make Your Castle Strong
- Free Build
Scientific & Engineering Practices
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Asking questions and defining problems
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Developing and using models
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Planning and carrying out investigations
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Constructing explanations and designing solutions
Crosscutting Concepts
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Patterns
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Cause and effect
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Scale, proportion, and quantity
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Structure and function
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