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Engineering Lesson Plans

Solar Oven

The student will review the basic needs for alternative energy sources, identify at least three different materials that will produce maximum heat, identify at least three different colors that will produce maximum heat,and be able to solve a design problem for a solar hot box.

Pop Bottle Rocket

Students will be able to change parameters of the project to build and fly a more successful rocket. Students will also be able to describe the energy conversions that are happening, and Newton’s laws that describe the motion of the rocket.

Model wind turbine

Students will collaboratively use the scientific method to determine optimal blade designs for small scale wind turbines. Students will design and build electrical generation wind turbines