SC.5.13.4.e: Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that…

Build It, Launch It Grades K–5

Egg drops, paper planes and balloon rockets, done properly at home. Three engineering challenges where kids build, test, fix and explain the pushes and pulls behind what happened.

• Can you drop an egg without breaking it? 60 min

  Kids design an egg protector on a materials budget, test it from a low height first and work up, and fix what fails. They finish able to explain why a soft, slow stop saves the egg.

Earth Day Investigations: Make Your School Better Grades 4–6 · partly supports this outcome

Four hands-on investigations into the school's own garbage, shade, water and electricity. Each one ends with students taking a real, evidence-based recommendation to the principal or caretaker.

• Where would a new tree help most? 50–60 min

  Teams measure air and ground temperature in sun and shade, on grass and on pavement, to see how much shade cools the schoolyard. They use their numbers to recommend where the school should plant a new tree.

Printable practice for SC.5.13.4.e

• Build It, Launch It workbook included with the unit

  1 English-support page, 1 practice page, 1 unit review, 1 unit test, with answer keys.

• Earth Day Investigations: Make Your School Better workbook included with the unit

  4 practice pages, 2 readings, 1 English-support page, 1 unit review, 1 unit test, with answer keys.

• Your Senses: How Does Your Body Know? workbook included with the unit

  1 practice page, 1 reading, 1 unit review, 1 unit test, with answer keys.

• Simple Circuits: Make It Light Up workbook included with the unit

  1 practice page, 1 reading, 1 unit review, 1 unit test, with answer keys.

• Monsoon Science: Rain, Sun and the Nón Lá workbook included with the unit

  1 word wall, 1 unit test, with answer keys.

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