teaching about material properties, lessons focus specifically on what thematerial is made out of when addressing how this material might fail under forces.However, the geometry of the item is just as important in understanding failure! In thislesson, students will bend and break various types of pasta noodles (spaghetti, lasagna,manicotti) to determine how the varying geometry of a fixed material type impacts whenand how the noodle breaks. Once students understand the role of geometry in structuralproperties, they will then investigate the role of material properties (e.g., ductile, brittle,modulus of elasticity) by keeping a fixed geometry and changing material type. This low-resource inquiry experience, when coupled with effective questioning
make it appropriatefor any level of Girl Scouts or Scouts BSA. Allowing additionaltime for the scouts to decorate the filter makes this a greatinformal STEAM activity. It also teaches social responsibility asthe Scouts find a place to donate the built boxes. $60 TO IMPACT Image by Amanda Hu, licensed under Creative Commons Grade 5 Unit Plan Authors: Aaron Richardson, Jannatul Anika, Todd Campbell Unit Title: Corsi-Rosenthal Box Learning Modules Science Area Focus: Engineering, Earth and Life SciencesNote: These instructional materials were co
Invitation EXAMPLE PROMPTS Prompt 1: Explore Prompt 2: Create EXAMPLE RESPONSES This is Penny's Civil Engineering Here is the beginning plans forproject. She drew a picture of our street Brady’s birdhouse. He will begin and labeled things that civil engineers collecting materials this week. helped plan. Gabby’s Birdhouse Brady’s Holiday Themed Birdhouse LESSONS LEARNED During recruitment, when families express interest in the program, I 1 recommend having a QR code for them to accept the Remind invitation