Lesson Idea | Home, Sweet Home!
Provider: TeachEngineering
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Selected for its hands-on engineering design process, collaborative problem-solving, and practical focus on testing and improving shelter models
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In this activity, students work in teams to design and build model shelters using kite string and wax paper shaped like Amazon rainforest leaves, aiming to protect against rain. They follow the engineering design process by planning, constructing, testing for water resistance and durability, and revising their designs to meet success criteria. Along the way, students make qualitative observations about Amazon plants and consider how local materials can be used for shelter building. This lesson emphasizes problem-solving, creativity, and hands-on engineering practice, and is suitable for elementary and middle school students.
Educational Standards
• NGSS: Next Generation Science Standards - Science
• International Technology and Engineering Educators Association - Technology
• State Standards
Lesson Idea | Home, Sweet Home!
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