Common Core ELA Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.11-12.2: Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; summarize complex concepts, processes, or information presented in a text by paraphrasing them in simpler but still accurate terms.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.11-12.3: Follow precisely a complex multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks.
Main challenge: How to make the 4 LEDs blink sequentially.
Time: 30 mins Procedure:
DIY challenge
Big challenge: Students are required to utilize various motion transfer mechanisms to construct a lifting machine capable of lifting weights at different distances. Level 1: Use the lifting machine to lift weights to a short distance. Level 2: Use the lifting machine to lift weights to a moderate distance. Level 3: Use the lifting machine to lift weights to a considerable distance.Tools and materialsAssessments:Formative AssessmentsStudents will be asked various questions after the explanation through slides/YouTube videos. They will be assessed for the understanding of the project. Project and its materials will be discussed.Summative assessment:Prototype