Unit of Instruction
Is It Strong? (Available Early 2019)
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 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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