Great 5th grade unit that was developed by Tom Kiehfuss at San Pedro. Tom used "The Fabulous Perpetual Motion Machine" by Don Abramson for his close reading text (from Pearson). Google it! 3-5-ETS1-2 Engineering Design 3-5-ETS1-1 Engineering Design 5-ESS3-1 Earth and Human Activity 5-PS3-1 Energy (focusing mainly on the crosscutting concept that Energy can be transferred in various ways and between objects). Power Point was too big too attach to this site. I converted it to a PDF. Please email me if you want the Powerpoint version 4th grade at Dixie used the EIE Windmill unit. Megan writes: "I didn't have enough time to go through the whole unit so I pieced together a 6 lesson mini unit. I also modified the materials that were used to construct the windmills." Building windmills at Bahia Vista, Colin Johnson, 4th grade (Using Engineering is Elementary lessons) 6th Grade- Davidson Middle School- John Flanagan
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Toby
8/30/2015 04:04:20 am
This lesson goes above and beyond, and I believe it could be modified to fit all grade levels. Truly amazing. Way to go, Tom!
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3/20/2016 04:59:59 pm
I really like what you have done with these windmills. When I did a similar project with the students we attached a string to the turbine so that the windmills could carry an object up. This gave the students a very concrete goal: "How can we build a windmill that will carry the load fastest?" This goal made it a very competitive and fun environment for the students.
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Angela
4/28/2016 04:15:57 pm
At the 2015 marinovators one team brought a :wind Tunnel, it was fun to see students and families strategizing about design and results, really exciting topic and so easily applicable
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Terry Tyrell-Smith
4/29/2016 08:23:00 am
Tom,
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Adam Singer
11/16/2016 01:37:30 am
Really accessible and easily iterated activity! Simple materials, complex ideas. I was looking for intro activities prior to putting kids on Kidwind kits, and this foots this bill!
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