Wildfire Warning
Grades 6-8 Lesson: 90 minutes; Unit: 150 minutes Design Challenge Learning Engineering Sustainability
Wildfire Warning
Design a wind detection device, an anemometer, that could warn community members of the strength and direction of high winds during a wildfire.
Resources
Objectives:
- Build a device to measure the direction and strength of the wind.
- Evaluate how the materials used affect design function.
- Use data to determine the success of a 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
