Shaky Shelves: Exploring Cause and Effect

Grade Levels: 6 | Duration: Four 45-minute sessions

Write a proposal to the mayor for a device that prevents product and profit loss caused by earthquakes.

Write a proposal to the mayor for a device that prevents product and profit loss caused by earthquakes.
Resources

Lesson Plan PDF

Tech Tip: Brainstorming

Tech Tip: Data Collection

Tech Tip: Framing the Challenge

Tech Tip: Material Strategies

Tech Tip: The Language of Engineering

Tech Tip: What is Engineering

Grade Levels: 6

Duration: Four 45-minute sessions

Objectives: Students will:

  • Design an optimal device that will help prevent product loss during earthquakes.
  • Use data from their tests to create a pitch that explains the iterations the product went through, how it works and why it is the optimal design. .