This activity focuses on the following Three Dimensional Learning aspects of NGSS:ĭefine a simple design problem that can be solved through the development of an object, tool, process, or system and includes several criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.Īlignment agreement: Thanks for your feedback! Explain the engineering design process.ĭefine a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.Ĭlick to view other curriculum aligned to this Performance Expectation.Create a multimedia presentation to present their engineering design process and resulting prototype.Take accurate and thorough notes in their lab notebooks.Use a syringe to measure a liquid in ml.Use an electronic scale to tare and measure a substance.Explain the differences between solids and liquids.Like engineers, they communicate their process and results as a group to others.Īfter this activity, students should be able to:

They design, test, iterate, and select solutions to their problem while considering the environmental impacts of their solutions and, by extension, are exposed to environmental engineering concepts. Students identify with the work engineers perform and learn about the engineering design process as they research a problem within the context of a popular children’s book. This engineering curriculum aligns to Next Generation Science Standards ( NGSS). Students also take into consideration the financial and environmental costs associated with each substance. Students must work within a set of constraints outlined within the Seuss book and throughout the activity and use only substances available within the context of the plot. After analyzing the substance, they use the engineering design process to develop and test other substances in order to make it easier for rain to wash away the oobleck. To do so, students study a sample of aloe vera gel (representing the oobleck) in lab groups.

Seuss’s book, Bartholomew and the Oobleck.

Students are introduced to the engineering design process within the context of reading Dr.

Dr seuss oobleck