NGSS Performance Expectation
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HS-ETS1-3 | Performance Expectation
Evaluate a solution to a complex real-world problem based on prioritized criteria and trade-offs that account for a range of constraints, including cost, safety, reliability, and aesthetics as well as possible social, cultural, and environmental impacts.
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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.
Alignment summary( Target)
Lesson 3
Students evaluate bioinspired solutions considering criteria like cost, safety, reliability, and environmental impacts to ensure the proposed redesign is practical and effective.
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5 lessons and 4 supporting media items.
Lesson 3
Lesson 4
Lesson 5
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!
Alignment summary( Target)
Lesson 3
In Lesson 3, students evaluate the environmental and social consequences of different energy sources through the analysis of real-world examples. They also take into account the cost, safety, and reliability of different energy sources, and consider whether these sources align with the values and principles of sustainability.
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3 lessons and 6 supporting media items.
Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Supporting apps and videos
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.
Alignment summary( Target)
Lessons: 2, 3
In lesson 2, students gather scientific information about the quality of their water sample in a lab-based environment. Students take action by determining a water treatment solution but must consider socio-scientific issues such as monetary cost and environmental impact. Additionally, students grapple with how to allocate resources to benefit the community.
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4 lessons and 4 supporting media items.
Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Supporting apps and videos
Lesson 4
