How can a farmer protect crops when a hailstorm threatens? Students save the day using criteria and constraints to determine which design solutions can help Farmer Grady protect her crops. They will learn about weather-related hazards and how to make a claim about the merit of a design solution.
FEATURES
Provides teachers with modular 30�50 minute blocks of instruction
Total of 150-300 minutes of instruction time
All materials included for a collaborative classroom activity
Aligned and written to Standards
NGSS STANDARDS
3-ESS3-1: Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard.
3�5-ETS1-1: Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
3-5-ETS1-2: 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.
3-5-ETS1-3: 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
KIT DESIGNED FOR GRADE 3. CONTAINS ALL MATERIALS REQUIRED FOR ACTIVITY.
FEATURES
Provides teachers with modular 30�50 minute blocks of instruction
Total of 150-300 minutes of instruction time
All materials included for a collaborative classroom activity
Aligned and written to Standards
NGSS STANDARDS
3-ESS3-1: Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard.
3�5-ETS1-1: Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
3-5-ETS1-2: 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.
3-5-ETS1-3: 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
KIT DESIGNED FOR GRADE 3. CONTAINS ALL MATERIALS REQUIRED FOR ACTIVITY.
Oakley STEM Center Lending Library
https://www.tntech.edu/stem
155 W 7th Sthttps://www.tntech.edu/stem
Cookeville, 38505
USA
(931) 372-6573