Paper Engineering

Grade Levels: 3-8 | Duration: 60 min

Students practice defining a problem and developing their own criteria as they recreate an object from paper and test it in this simple design challenge.

Students will design and test a wind-powered device that can deliver a gift.
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Lesson Plan PDF

Mini Design Challenge - English

Mini Design Challenge - Spanish

Grade Levels: 3-8

Duration: 60 min

Concepts/Skills: Prototyping, engineering design, testing

Objectives: Students will:

  • Create a paper prototype of a common object.
  • Develop design criteria to test their prototype.