Cricket Wicket Knockdown: 2020 Engineering Challenge
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Lesson Plan
Grade: 3rd-5th
Teach your students about the engineering design process with this fun lesson plan. They will design and build a ball-launching machine to knock down a target. Optionally, they can enter their designs in the 2020 Engineering Challenge
for a chance to win a cash prize for your school!
Teachers, note that
middle school
and
high school
versions of this lesson plan are also available.
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NGSS Performance Expectations:
- 3-5-ETS1-3. Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
- 3-PS2-1. Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
Lesson Plan
Grade: 6th-8th
Teach your students about the engineering design process with this fun lesson plan. They will design and build a ball-launching machine to knock down a target. Optionally, they can enter their designs in the 2020 Engineering Challenge
for a chance to win a cash prize for your school!
Teachers, note that
elementary school and
high school
versions of this lesson plan are also available.
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NGSS Performance Expectations:
- 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-ETS1-4. 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.
- MS-PS3-5. Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.
Lesson Plan
Grade: 9th-12th
Teach your students about the engineering design process with this fun lesson plan. They will design and build a ball-launching machine to knock down a target. Optionally, they can enter their designs in the 2020 Engineering Challenge for a chance to win a cash prize for your school!
Teachers, note that elementary school and middle school versions of this lesson plan are also available.
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NGSS Performance Expectations:
- High School - Science & Engineering Practices
In this cricket-inspired engineering challenge, you will build a machine to launch a ball and knock down a target (called a wicket). How many times can you knock down the wicket in three minutes?
Teachers, lesson plan versions of this challenge are also available.
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