Shaky Shelves: Exploring Cause and Effect
Grades 6 Four 45-minute sessions Engineering English Language Arts
Shaky Shelves: Exploring Cause and Effect
Write a proposal to the mayor for a device that prevents product and profit loss caused by earthquakes.
Resources
Objectives:
- Design an optimal device that will help prevent product loss during earthquakes.
- Use data from their tests to create a pitch that explains the iterations the product went through, how it works, and why it is the optimal design.
The Tech Academies
This activity was developed in partnership with educators from The Tech Academies Fellowship program. Tech Academy Fellows learn to be leaders of STEM education while designing and testing resources to be shared with other educators.
Standards alignment
- Engineering Design
- Science and Engineering Practices
- Cross Cutting Concepts
- Disciplinary Core Ideas
- English Language Arts: Writing
