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Compare different self-powered vehicles in this exploration of potenial and kinetic energy.

Have students pair engineering and data science in Data-Driven Energy Exploration!

Data-Driven Energy Exploration

In this new lesson students explore how to analyze data by building and testing one of three self-powered vehicles. They will contribute to a class data set, then iterate on the design based on the data. This lesson is great preparation for The 2025 Tech Challenge: Gravitate to Navigate. 

Grades: 4-12
Duration: 90 minutes

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  Like most of our resources, this lesson is aligned with the engineering strand of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).

  

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  • Data-Driven Energy Exploration

    Duration: 90 minutes

    Grade Levels: 4th-12th grade

    Explore how to analyze data by building and testing one of three self-powered vehicles.  Contribute to a class data set, then iterate on the design based on the data.

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  • Careers in Sustainability

    Duration: 15+ minutes

    Grade Levels: 4-12

    Explore careers in sustainability. What does their work include? What are similar skills and how do you use them?

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  • Career Exploration Mosaic

    Duration: 75 minutes

    Grade Levels: 6-12

    Explore careers while creating a mosaic that represents you, your interests, goals, and career aspirations.

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  • Computer Vision: Buzz Solutions

    Duration: 2 minutes

    Grade Levels: K-12

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  • Computational Thinking Prototyping

    Duration: 5 minutes

    Grade Levels: K-12

    Tips on leading students through the prototyping process in computational thinking lessons.

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  • Plugged Activities and Scratch

    Duration: 8 minutes

    Grade Levels: K-12

    Tips on using Scratch and leading plugged activities with students.

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  • Unplugged Activities

    Duration: 5 minutes

    Grade Levels: K-12

    Learn how to teach computational thinking without a computer.

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  • Why Computational Thinking?

    Duration: 4 minutes

    Grade Levels: K-12

    Educators explain how computational thinking can be taught in a variety of settings.

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  • What is Computational Thinking?

    Duration: 4 minutes

    Grade Levels: K-12

    Understand computational thinking and see examples of its use in everyday life.

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