Grade(s):
4thGrade
Subject(s):
Science
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Summer School
Title:
Designing for Disasters
Timing:
18 days
Driving Question:
How can we, as, engineers, design structures that resist natural disasters?
Project Description:
Students will design a structure based on client needs that would sustain a specific natural disaster.
Final Product(s):
Students will share models, blueprints, and action plans with clients, classmates, and school audience through presentations and viewings.
Essential Standards:
-Reading- Fiction: R.2A, Reading- Vocabulary: R.1.B
-Science- Earth and Human Activity:ESS3-A1, Science- Engineering Design: ETS1-A1, ETS1-B1
Potential Community Outreach:
Meteorologist (Contact KCTV5), Engineer or Architect, real or fake clients that have experienced natural disasters.
Teacher Reflection:
*Make sure someone on your team understands Flipgrid and is somewhat “techy.”
*Students need to understand Google Slides before this project.
If you have questions about this PBL, reach out to Amy Hartgrove or Sadie Heusi (Warren Hills)
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