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(Lesson) Chain Reaction Contraption- Intermediate- By: Mrs. Wheater

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Grade Level Grades 3-5
Resource Type Activity
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The purpose of this lesson is to give students the opportunity to use divergent and inventive thinking while practicing the engineering design process.  As a result of this lesson, the students will be able to solve a problem and create a machine using the engineering design process.  

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Grade 3 Chain Reaction Contraption.pdf

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February 13, 2020
1.31 MB
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Six Rube Goldberg Machines
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The Page Turner | Rube Goldberg | Joseph's Machines
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Standards

Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.
Ask questions and predict outcomes about the changes in energy that occur when objects collide.
Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.
Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.
Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
Apply scientific ideas to design, test, and refine a device that converts energy from one form to another.

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