MOD-H5 | Science & Engineering Practices
Use a model to provide mechanistic accounts of phenomena.
NGSS Science & Engineering Practices
MOD-H5 Science & Engineering Practices resources
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Electric Crystals: Exploring how crystal symmetry can power everyday life
Crystals aren't magic, but they are amazing! In this student-driven, lecture-free lesson, students will do card sorts, build hands-on models, solve engineering design puzzles, and more! The whole experience is connected through a beautifully crafted comic and supporting videos.
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Lessons: 2, 3
Molecular and geometric models of the unit cells are used to demonstrate the function and structure of the macroscopic crystal. Specifically, molecular models of quartz and table salt demonstrate the effects of (a)symmetry on the electrical properties of the bulk crystal, namely piezoelectricity.
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4 lessons and 3 supporting media items.
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The Science of Craft: Building New Materials with Old Techniques
STEM is older and more expansive than you might imagine. Crafted materials, like knit sweaters and woven baskets, were our ancestors’ solutions to everyday problems. In this lesson, we learn the geometry and physics of traditional crafts, and explore how these technologies help us engineer new solutions for the future!
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Students construct tiled patterns to model the phenomena that the internal angles of regular polygons must be factors of 360 in order to tile flat, gap-free patterns.
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3 lessons and 5 supporting media items.
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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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Lessons: 3, 4
The live action "flocking activity" and the "Swimming in the Dark" simulation are designed to help students internalize the mechanisms underlying the emergent property of fish schooling.
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6 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 generate power in a hands-on lab. They generate a model to describe the transformation of energy from one form to another throughout the power generation process.
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3 lessons and 6 supporting media items.
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