Flashlight: Design & Construct

Unit 0: Think Like an Engineer
Engineering Design:

MS-ETS1-1. Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution, taking into account relevant scientific principles and potential impacts on people and the natural environment that may limit possible solutions.
MS-ETS1-2. Evaluate competing design solutions using a systematic process to determine how well they meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
MS-ETS1-3. Analyze data from tests to determine similarities and differences among several design solutions to identify the best characteristics of each that can be combined into a new solution to better meet the criteria for success.
MS-ETS1-4. Develop a model to generate data for iterative testing and modification of a proposed object, tool, or process such that an optimal design can be achieved.

DRIVING PHENOMENA:

TOPICS:
Engineering/Design Processes

INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES:

Building a Science Notebook
Building a Circuit
What Happened Here?

ASSESSMENT IDEAS

Building a Flashlight

SCIENCE & ENGINEERING PRACTICES:
Developing and using models
Analyzing and interpreting data
Constructing explanations and designing solutions

CROSS-CUTTING CONCEPTS:

VOCABULARY
observation
inference
collaboration
engineering design process
prototype
model
structure
function
claim
evidence
reasoning
innovation

All Assignments that are due now

IXL-  Level F: V2/V3

IXL- Level G:V1/V2

IXL- Level H: AA1/Z3

Plate Tectonics- Note Taking

CHAPTER-CONTINENTAL DRIFT LINK:

CONTINENTAL DRIFT- PART 1

CONTINENTAL DRIFT- PART 2

CONTINENTAL DRIFT- PART 3

UPCOMING

VOCABULARY FLIP CHART-CONTINENTAL DRIFT/PLATE TECTONICS:

WORD LIST & DIRECTIONS LINK:

PLATE TECTONICS WORD LIST

QUIZ- VOCABULARY CONTINENTAL DRIFT/PLATE TECTONICS

FOSSIL SAFARI MAP- EVIDENCE OF CONTINENTAL DRIFT

VIDEOS- To support writing Properties of Water Essay

Dissolving in Water

https://www.khanacademy.org/science/biology/water-acids-and-bases/hydrogen-bonding-in-water/v/water-as-a-solvent

Dissolving in Oil or NOT

https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/mit-k12/mit-k12-materials/v/what-is-soap

Surface Tension on a Penny

https://www.khanacademy.org/science/physics/fluids/fluid-dynamics/v/surface-tension-and-adhesion

Water- Cohesion and Adhesion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNhgMGexAxk

Capillary Action of Water

https://www.khanacademy.org/science/biology/water-acids-and-bases/cohesion-and-adhesion/v/capillary-action-and-why-we-see-a-meniscus