Solve the Fall

Duration: 50 minutes

Grade Levels: K-12

During this engineering-based lesson, learners design and build a device that can survive a drop in order to deliver emergency supplies.
Resources

Lesson Plan PDF

Tech at Home activity

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Grade Levels: K-12

Duration: 50 minutes

Concepts/Skills: Gravity, force, dampening, material properties, prototype

Objectives: 

  • Learn that they can take a design parameter and explore it through rapid prototyping.
  • Practice analyzing a problem with a team.
  • Practice comparing and optimizing solutions.

Video Overview for Educators

The Tech Challenge

This resource was developed to prepare students for the 2020 Tech Challenge. Each year The Tech Challenge invites teams of students in Grades 4-12 to use the engineering design process to solve a real-world problem.

Learn about this year's Tech Challenge.

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