Ivy is a first grader who loves hiking and nature. She needs help from your class to design shoes that have stronger grip. Students explore the connection between the natural and the human-made worlds by designing better hiking shoes using nature for inspiration.
FEATURES
Provides teachers with modular 20-30 minute blocks of instruction
Total of 90-180 minutes of instruction time
All materials included for a collaborative classroom activity
Aligned and written to Standards
NGSS STANDARDS
1-LS1-1:Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.
K-2-ETS1-1:Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool.
K-2-ETS1-2:Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a given problem.
K-2-ETS1-3:Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs.
FEATURES
Provides teachers with modular 20-30 minute blocks of instruction
Total of 90-180 minutes of instruction time
All materials included for a collaborative classroom activity
Aligned and written to Standards
NGSS STANDARDS
1-LS1-1:Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.
K-2-ETS1-1:Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool.
K-2-ETS1-2:Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a given problem.
K-2-ETS1-3:Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs.