AQDP-H9 | Science & Engineering Practices
Analyze complex real-world problems by specifying criteria and constraints for successful solutions.
NGSS Science & Engineering Practices
AQDP-H9 Science & Engineering Practices resources
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Animal Collective: How group behavior can produce surprising problems—and solutions!
Students will draw their own social networks, ponder the meaning of complexity and begin to notice unexpected patterns that emerge around them, unnoticed. Through hands-on activities and digital experiments, students will discover how complexity research enriches our daily lives.
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Lesson 5
Particularly in the "EchoSim" simulation, students will analyze digital simulations of complex human social media behavior to draw conclusions about good digital citizenship.
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6 lessons and 3 supporting media items.
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Bioinspired Design: Looking to Biology for Better Solutions
Students will identify a problem with an existing product and investigate biological functions to inspire a product redesign. Through independent research using AI bots and scholarly sources, students will gain a new perspective on STEM, biology, and the human interface between.
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Lessons: 1, 3, 4
Throughout the unit, students will analyze problems with existing products and propose redesigns that better balance the needs and constraints of the users, economy, and the planet.
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5 lessons and 4 supporting media items.
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Colourful Solutions: Chemical Engineering Dyes to Brighten Lives
Students will learn to think like chemical engineers as they delve into the dye technologies that allow us to express ourselves through colourful clothing. They will read and discuss complex texts, analyse concept maps and graphs, and develop an appreciation for indigenous (Māori) dye technology.
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Lesson 3
In Part 3, students will integrate multiple lines of evidence to consider the implications for society, sustainability, and consumer benefits of choosing a particular technology to dye products.
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3 lessons and 3 supporting media items.
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Mā te rauhiringa tātou e ora: Powerful Solutions: How do we provide sustainable energy to communities?
Learn about the energy all around us through a hands-on power generating lab, a web app exploring resilient energy mixes, and stories about Māui’s innovation. In Te Reo Māori, the unit title translates to "It is through positive energy that we thrive." This unit connects to Māori leadership in self-sufficiency and sustainability as inspiration for the future of energy engineering!
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In Lesson 2, students use a simulation that models power generation and consumption in a small community. Students work within economic, logistical, and environmental constraints to propose a viable energy generation mix.
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3 lessons and 6 supporting media items.
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Pacific H2O: A Choose-Your-Own STEM Adventure
Students will gain a new appreciation for water as they reflect, mind-map, embody different STEM roles, and perform a choose-your-own adventure chemistry lab. Throughout, they will be exposed to Pacific languages, proverbs, and STEM solutions in this unique learning experience.
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Lessons: 2, 3
In lessons 2 and 3, students work in teams to make decisions about clean water solutions, accounting for the needs and values of a community, as well as the costs and environmental impact of proposed solutions.
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4 lessons and 4 supporting media items.
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