SECOND GRADE l Growth Mindset I Civil Engineering I Design Process
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Lab Happenings
BIG UNDERSTANDINGS
Inquiry Questions
What do engineers do? How can I learn how to think like an engineer? How can I learn how to work like an engineer? What are some different kinds of engineering? What is grit?
Literacy Connections
Challenges and Collaboration
Ask Your Engineer
Were you able to send a snack to a friend across the classroom using a pulley system? Can we try it here? What materials do we need?
Did you design a boat or a trap for Max? How did it work?
(While doing your daily reading together or watching a movie...) So, what is _____'s problem? What could we do as engineers to help? (If you have time, maybe you could even build a prototype!)
What do engineers do? How can I learn how to think like an engineer? How can I learn how to work like an engineer? What are some different kinds of engineering? What is grit?
Literacy Connections
- We have been reading lots and lots of riddles!
- The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch by Ronda Armitage
- Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
- Bella's Mystery Deck
- 21 Elephants by April Jones
Challenges and Collaboration
- The Escape Room is officially under construction! Students are working with a partner to create a fun and puzzling experience for their peers on Friday, November 18th!
- Mrs. Grinling from the Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch is our new client! How can we help her with those pesky seagulls and deliver the lunch safe and sound to Mr. Grinling?
- Max from Where the Wild Things Are has hired us to design a safe and friendly Wild Thing trap and a new air powered boat to get back home!
- We have tackled all kinds of puzzles from Sudoko to Zapped and we have made our own!
- We are thinking about civil engineering and how to people move safely through different spaces. How are the expectations being communicated (eg. arrows, signs, stoplights, exit signs, etc.)? How can we move people across a room in a safe and fun way?
- Puzzle solving has begun! We launched with a little bit of coding at studio.code.org. Grit required!
- Help solve Jerry's problem! Design and build a prototype of a new "House for Mouse." Present your work to the community.
- Design and build a bridge that can hold "21 somethings." Present your work to the community. For the second iteration design a suspension bridge that spans 9 inches and can hold at least 15 pennies.
Ask Your Engineer
Were you able to send a snack to a friend across the classroom using a pulley system? Can we try it here? What materials do we need?
Did you design a boat or a trap for Max? How did it work?
(While doing your daily reading together or watching a movie...) So, what is _____'s problem? What could we do as engineers to help? (If you have time, maybe you could even build a prototype!)
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Can You Help?
Folks often ask me, "How can I help?" If you are interested in supporting the Engineering Lab through donating your time or materials, please shoot me an email ([email protected]). As our projects get fleshed out, I'll also post a wish list. In the meantime, if you're looking to donate, we always need masking tape. LOTS AND LOTS OF MASKING TAPE. Thanks!
Folks often ask me, "How can I help?" If you are interested in supporting the Engineering Lab through donating your time or materials, please shoot me an email ([email protected]). As our projects get fleshed out, I'll also post a wish list. In the meantime, if you're looking to donate, we always need masking tape. LOTS AND LOTS OF MASKING TAPE. Thanks!