Science
- Simple machines
- Modeling
- Observation and data
- Force and motion
- Friction
- Renewable energy
- Wind
- Structures
- Forces of flight
What You'll Get
Four projects:
- Innovating Catapults: Build and test a simple catapult, and then create your own!
- Innovating Kites: Learn about, experiment with, and build your own kites.
- Innovating Solar Cars: Build and test a solar vehicle, gather data, and then create the fastest vehicle possible.
- Innovating Trebuchets: Build, test, and improve a trebuchet.
Support Materials
Learning Values
Technology
- Art tools and techniques
- Construction techniques
- Cutting and folding
- Design processes
- Troubleshooting
- Historical perspectives
- Drawings and diagrams
- Energy and power
- Environmental perspectives
Engineering
- Cause and effect
- Defining problems
- Problem-solving
- Prototyping
- Testing and evaluating a solution
- Design and creativity
- Engineering design
- Energy and power systems
Math
- Data collection
- Data analysis
- Logic
- Accuracy
- Measurements
- 2-D shapes
- 3-D shapes
- Logical reasoning
- Prediction
- Precision
- Reasoning
- Measuring angles