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The Aeronauts Lesson for Middle School: Hot Air Balloon Engineering Design Challenge

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    • Preview of MS Aeronauts balloon design 6E_Outline[2].pdf - page 1
    • Preview of MS Design Challenge Evaluate.pdf - page 1
    • Preview of MS Design Portfolio for Hot Air Balloon.pdf - page 1
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      Subject Science — Earth and Space Science, Engineering, Technology, and Application of Science, Science and Engineering Practices
      Grade Level Grades 6-8
      Resource Type Activity, Lesson Plan
      Attributes
      Good for Parents
      Standards Alignment
      Next Generation Science Standards
      License

      Attribution Non-commercial NoDerivative

      CC (BY-NC-ND)

      About This Lesson

      Overview: Engineering Design Challenge 

      Using only the materials provided, student teams will design and create a hot air balloon that will lift off of the ground, and they will track its altitude during the flight over time. 

      Driving Question: How can we design, build and launch a hot air balloon and track its altitude over time? 

      Learning Targets: 

      • Students will collaborate to achieve a common goal. 
      • Students will design and build a working model of a hot air balloon. 
      • Students will describe the properties of gases and how a hot air balloon works in relation to buoyancy. 
      • Students will learn and implement the Engineering Design Process while creating a model of a hot air balloon. 

      Created by the AFT Science Cadre.

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      MS Aeronauts balloon design 6E_Outline[2].pdf

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      MS Design Challenge Evaluate.pdf

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      Videos
      "The Aeronauts" Measuring Atmospheric Pressure
      The Aeronauts - Official Trailer
      2017 Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta - Highlights
      Hot Air Balloon - Preparation, Take Off and Flight How Do Hot Air Balloons Work? Balloon Fest
      How Do Hot Air Balloons Work?
      Riding In a Hot Air Balloon Shaped Like a Pig… For SCIENCE

      Standards

      Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution, taking into account relevant scientific principles and potential impacts on people and the natural environment that may limit possible solutions.
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      Reviews

      4.8
      17 Reviews
      elizabethbuckholtz
      elizabethbuckholtz November 15, 2019
      This lesson does a great job

      This lesson does a great job using an engineering design challenge to teach content (position time graphing).
      The accompanying resources are well put together and user friendly.

      sandrews320
      sandrews320 November 15, 2019
      Can't wait to use this lesson

      Can't wait to use this lesson plan/unit in the classroom! It's comprehensive and delves into topics that fit well with the 7th grade world geography course I teach, especially when teaming with the science teacher.

      cmazak
      cmazak November 15, 2019
      The resources provided are

      The resources provided are extremely helpful and required very little adjustments from me for my classes. Students were completely engaged in this lesson, and our science teacher assisted with the more technical aspects.

      Pamela South
      Pamela South November 15, 2019
      I already teach the physics

      I already teach the physics of hot air balloons! These activities/lessons will be added to my toolbox!

      Erin Moreland
      Erin Moreland November 15, 2019
      This is going to go great

      This is going to go great with my MS forces unit. Great Ed Puzzles!

      czaring
      czaring November 15, 2019
      Love the escape room puzzle

      Love the escape room puzzle idea! Ready to go!

      marszalek3
      marszalek3 November 15, 2019
      Can't wait to use the puzzles

      Can't wait to use the puzzles!

      rpetre
      rpetre November 15, 2019
      Great idea for a middle

      Great idea for a middle school design task for our forces unit as well as our weather unit.

      shoy_3061610
      shoy_3061610 November 18, 2019
      This lesson is a high

      This lesson is a high interest topic and will motivate students to research, design, build, test, and redesign their hot air balloons. Great segue for the movie.

      Brenda Stephens
      Brenda Stephens December 01, 2019
      I'm excited to try this with

      I'm excited to try this with a group of middle school students who come to the library for a "Creation Station" club that meets twice a week during study hall.

      drupp_1749209
      drupp_1749209 December 02, 2019
      An awesome hands-on lesson

      An awesome hands-on lesson that fits into our school's STEM approach to learning.

      nyteachr
      nyteachr December 02, 2019
      Love the resources and ideas.

      Love the resources and ideas. Extremely helpful!

      Anne McCluskey
      Anne McCluskey December 02, 2019
      I teach mathematics in a

      I teach mathematics in a STEAM school and these resources will make for an incredible STEAM day activity for our students!

      golden_2209871
      golden_2209871 December 02, 2019
      I think this can appeal to

      I think this can appeal to all levels of learners, from middle to high school.

      I love the cryptogram puzzle as it really promotes critical thinking and analysis in a really simple paper and pencil format. Even a student who is not scientifically inclined can be engaged.

      As a media specialist, I always look to connect to the classics. It would be a great segue to Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne.

      Emily Loughlin
      Emily Loughlin December 02, 2019
      just wow! very well done and

      just wow! very well done and amazing info for students

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