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Engaging Science and Technology Lessons: Building Towers and Bridges

This comprehensive lesson plan includes a series of engaging science and technology activities for students. It covers building projects such as straw towers and bridges, featuring step-by-step instructions, discussion points, and assessment rubrics. Students will explore team skills, project management roles, and design concepts. Activities incorporate brainstorming, predicting outcomes, and testing structures, while focus questions facilitate reflection and critical thinking. Ideal for fostering collaboration and hands-on learning in science and engineering.

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Engaging Science and Technology Lessons: Building Towers and Bridges

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  1. To Do • Finish basic lessons PP • Go in an dput extra papers in binder and fit into lesson PP • Go through resources (United Streaming, Building Big, projects, etc) and put those in • Assessment sheets • Set up gradequick or something • Plans

  2. Structures Unit

  3. Science vs. Technology Page 1; Packet questions #1-6 & discussion whole class Read pages 2-11 and discuss

  4. Teams Team Skills Team Jobs Team Names and Business Cards, Bin, Materials

  5. Jobs Contractor-leader Foreman of Materials Directions Builder Task Managers Clean Up Captain

  6. Lesson 1-Straw Towers Read p. 23 View famous towers Building a Tower design directions Design Time and discuss Building the Tower and sharing Journal Questions (HW)

  7. Lesson 1-Straw Towers Review Journal questions Assessment Rubric Reflection Questions *some extension****

  8. Lesson 2-Strong or Weak Read p. 29…brainstorm Shape design instructions Build shapes-class predictions Test and discuss

  9. Lesson 2-Strong or Weak Read p. 33…brainstorm Paper Shape Design A Model: Predict, Test, Discuss Repeat B through E Graph; Class graph Journal Questions: HW

  10. Lesson 3-Patterns of Strength Patterns of Strength (T54-5) Redesign Challenge Construction Patterns Story Word by Word with Pictures Photo Challenge and Share P 58-9 questions? IM Pei Reading & Questions (HW)

  11. Lesson 4-Building Bridges Galloping Gertie (p. 61-2) & Video Questions Read 64-5 Design A & B; Predictions Building Bridges

  12. Lesson 4-Testing Bridges Review Predictions How Many Tiles? Test A and discuss Test B and discuss Checking Understandnig Questions (HW?)

  13. Lesson 5-Strong Bridges Galloping Gertie (p. 61-2) & Video Questions Read 64-5 Design A & B; Predictions Building Bridges

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