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- Overview:
- An engineering and design lesson for middle school (our 7th grade standards).
In the aftermath of a natural disaster, can you engineer a device that will keep medicine within a 40-60°F range using natural resources from the biome you live in, and/or debris created by the disaster for three days, until the Red Cross can arrive?
You are a team of relief workers in __________________after a major earthquake/tsunami has occurred. Your team lead as just told you about a young women with diabetes has been injured and needs insulin to be delivered __________ miles away (no open roads). Your team will need to research, design, and build a portable device to keep the insulin between _____ and ______ °(F/C) for _____ days. Once you return you will present the effectiveness of your device to your lead and a team other relief workers showing your both your design/device and explaining the process.
- Subject:
- Engineering, Life Science, Chemistry, Geology, Physical Geography
- Level:
- Middle School
- Grades:
- Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
- Material Type:
- Activity/Lab
- Author:
- Bobbi Dano, Jen Bultler
- Provider:
- Lane County STEM Hub
- Provider Set:
- Content in Context SuperLessons
- Date Added:
- 06/27/2017
- License:
-
Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial
- Language:
- English
- Media Format:
- Downloadable docs
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This lesson has been peer reviewed by C2SL participant teachers using the EQUiP rubric.
This super lesson ties in areas of physical, life and earth science. Students work through the engineering process and the lesson sequence makes sense. Students get practice using tools and materials before building their container.
Teachers who use this super lesson may want to create their own rubrics and scoring guides since none are provided. There are plenty of helpful resources but not a lot of direction on how to teach it.
Thoughts for stronger alignment with NGSS: Provide students with the opportunity to redesign and build their containers after feedback and/or testing.