Engineering Design Process — Engineering Concept Lessons

28 lessons found.

“White Energy Journey”

Students will work independently to design a ‘driving base’ using the SPIKE PRIME LEGO sets. Upon completion of the base …

Alicia Vonberg 6-8 Computer ScienceScienceEngineering
Data CollectionProject-BasedRobotics

aMAZEing Margaret Hamilton

In this lesson students will begin by reading about Margaret Hamilton in 'Margaret and the Moon' by Dean Robbins. After …

Kalista Pendleton K-23-5 Computer ScienceScienceReading/Language Arts +2
Project-BasedRobotics

Creating a Gear Amusement Park

Students will use peer collaboration, engineering, problem solving, & reflection, when given a set of Funny Gears & …

Amber McClure K-2 Computer ScienceScienceReading/Language Arts +1
Data Collection

Denial of Service Attack

Students will model one type of attack (a denial-of-service attack) and figure out how to protect the network against it …

Jumoke Adebimpe 9-12 ScienceComputer ScienceEngineering
CybersecurityGenCyber

Egg Drop Experiment using Microbit

Students will investigate and design an experiment that explores Newton’s 2nd Law, momentum and impulse using a …

Samantha Schwessinger 9-12 Computer ScienceScienceMathematics +1
micro:bitMakeCode

Exploration with Tetrix

Tetrix: In this lesson students will sort/ organize the school's Tetrix sets to ensure each set is complete. After …

Melissa Harris 3-56-8 ArtComputer ScienceScience +2
Robotics

Fraction Racing

Students engineered mint mobiles to race through a micro bit timing gate. The data was then collected and plotted on a …

Becki Butterfield 3-5 Computer ScienceScienceMathematics +1
Data Collectionmicro:bit

Geocaching with Microbits

Geodynamics powers the Earth’s magnetic field, which is magnetic north. There is also a true north which is the Earth’s …

Samantha Schwessinger 6-8 Computer ScienceScienceReading/Language Arts +1
micro:bit

Getting Active with Microbit

They are introduced to variables and develop their understanding through a mixture of unplugged and practical …

Connie Hollin 3-5 Computer ScienceScienceEngineering
Unpluggedmicro:bitMakeCode

Health Care Devices

In this lesson students are reminded about the ever growing uses of technology devices within the healthcare profession, …

Sarah Jarvis 6-8 Computer ScienceScienceEngineering
micro:bit

HexBug Mazes

In this lesson/activity students will learn about who Margaret Hamilton is and what she did for NASA. Students will be …

Kalista Pendleton 3-5 Computer ScienceScienceSocial Studies +1
Project-BasedRobotics

Intro to Problem Solving

This lesson is a fun introduction to the open-ended, collaborative, and creative problem solving students will be using …

Autumn Spiva 6-8 Computer ScienceScienceReading/Language Arts +1
Data CollectionProject-Based

Inventing & Problem Solving with the 3 R’s (Reduce/Reuse/Recycle)

Students will work collaboratively to respond to a text by using recycled materials to create an invention that will …

Amber McClure K-2 Computer ScienceScienceReading/Language Arts +1
Data CollectionRoboticsUnplugged

Lesson Plan 2-First LEGO ® League “White Energy Journey”

Students will work independently to design a ‘driving base’ using the SPIKE PRIME LEGO sets. Upon completion of the base …

Alicia Vonberg 6-8 Computer ScienceScienceMathematics +1
Project-BasedRobotics

Make.code for the Musical

Students were gearing up for a second semester project in design for the spring musical. This was a collaborative …

Samantha J Smith 9-12 Computer ScienceScienceArt +1
WySTACKmicro:bitMakeCode

Micro:bits on the Fly with Lego Cars

Students will explore how sensors are used in our lives and what they could measure. Students will build a Lego car and …

Julie Snyder 6-8 Computer ScienceScienceEngineering
Data CollectionProject-Basedmicro:bit

Mindstorms and Hidden Figures

Students will design a robot to orbit the moon in conjunction with their ELA class reading the book Hidden Figures.

Jennifer LaVanchy 3-56-8 Computer ScienceReading/Language ArtsEngineering
Robotics

Penguin Lab

Students will construct an penguin home to prevent the phase change of an Ice-Cube Penguin. Students will code 2 …

Sara Percy 6-8 Computer ScienceScienceEngineering
micro:bit

Robotics for Students in the Functional Life Skills (FLS) Program

As the library exists to offer an inclusive space for everyone, this lesson is geared toward giving students with …

Devin Hodgins 6-8 Computer ScienceScienceMathematics +1
Data CollectionRobotics

Scratch Multi-Level Maze

Students will use Scratch to create a multi-level maze. Students will program a main sprite, obstacles and a goal, which …

Adrienne Unertl 3-56-8 ArtComputer ScienceScience +1
Game-BasedProject-BasedScratch

Sea Creature Safety

• To discover more about the threats faced by sea turtles • To learn about efforts to help them • …

Becki Butterfield 3-5 Computer ScienceEngineering
Project-Basedmicro:bit

Sensory Classroom

Students, in small groups, collaborate to design one thing that would turn the classroom into a sensory classroom. …

Samantha Joyce Smith 9-12 Computer ScienceScienceArt +1
ScratchWySTACKmicro:bitMakeCode

Surprise! We get to have new Pets!

This is an opportunity for students to learn more about coding through creating a micro:pet with a partner, It will …

Phaedra Davila K-23-5 ArtComputer ScienceScience +2
CybersecurityGenCybermicro:bitMakeCode

Thanksgiving Day Parade

This lesson is a great one to do right before Thanksgiving. Students will read or listen to the book Balloons Over …

Kalista Pendleton 3-5 Computer ScienceScienceReading/Language Arts +1
Project-BasedRobotics

Use Micro:bit to Gather Temperature Data

This lesson is a part of a multi-day project where students build a small structure designed to interfere with thermal …

Amber Martines 6-8 ScienceEngineering
Data CollectionProject-Basedmicro:bit

Volcano Animation

Students use flowcharts and repetition to explore building a volcanic eruption on a Micro:Bit.

Becki Butterfield 3-5 Computer ScienceScienceMathematics +3
Data CollectionUnpluggedmicro:bitMakeCode

Weather Station

In this activity, students develop a 'weather station' where they collect at least three types of weather data.

Victoria L Davis 6-8 Computer ScienceScienceEngineering
Data CollectionProject-Basedmicro:bit

Zombie Break Out Alarms

Students will use Cublets to make an alarm through trial and error. They will then write/draw the sequence of blocks …

Taylor Wailes-Putnam K-23-56-8 Computer ScienceReading/Language ArtsEngineering