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C3DAR LAB

Field Trip - Grade 3 to 5 Engineering Challenge Day

Field Trip - Grade 3 to 5 Engineering Challenge Day

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Suggested Grades: 3 to 5

Suggested Time: 5.5 hours + 30min lunch break

Class of: 25 students (email for pricing of larger groups)

 

Students will learn and explore:

- Learn about the Simplified Engineering Design Process (Ask, Imagine, Plan, Create, Test)

- Work with and communicate ideas in a group or with partners

- Use critical thinking skills to solve various design challenges

- Safe use practices of materials and tools (scissors, glue, tape, elastics, etc)

- Manage materials and material costs to their project

 

Activities:

- Plastic Cup Stack Challenge (Team Wake-up and communicate): Students will be given specific materials to use such as plastic cups and popsicle sticks. They will need to stack all cups without any touching.

- Plastic Cup Stack Challenge 2 (Team work & Communication): Students will be given specific materials such as plastic cups, string, and elastics. They will need to work together with their group to stack 6 standing cups.

- Pick the Ping Pong: Students will work in groups to engineer a device that will pick up a ping pong ball and move it to a designated space. Students that use the least amount of materials and successfully retrieve the ping pong ball from the furthest distance win the most points.

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