Category: Lesson Plans
Zombies
Tuesday, June 25th, 2019
To prepare for the zombie apocalypse, students research and design a 12’ x 25’ room in which they can provide all their food and water needs. .
D-Bait
Friday, June 7th, 2019
Using principles of ecosystem interactions and buoyancy, students will design and 3D print real fishing lures that imitate the behaviors of aquatic insects.
Flight of the Bumblebee
Friday, June 7th, 2019
This is an integrated lesson to be used in Physical Science and Computer Integrated Manufacturing Class. The focus is on how to produce lift with flapping wings, investigating butterflies, ornithopters and finishing in the creation of a 3-d printed wing that could be used on as a prototype for a bumblebee drone wing.
Ticket to Fly
Friday, June 7th, 2019
Students will study the physics behind different types of flight and using biomimicry design a simple flying machine.
The Charging Sun: Self-Sustaining Portable Charger
Thursday, June 6th, 2019
Students will study the physics behind different types of flight and using biomimicry design a simple flying machine.
Animal Architects
Thursday, June 6th, 2019
This unit takes biological phenomena such as transpiration of plants, laws of thermodynamics, animal behavior and regulation of body temperature, to create innovative, eco-friendly housing and landscape designs. This unit specifically focuses on the need for sustainable development by implementing biomimicry into landscape/housing designs. Students are tasked to use their knowledge of the aforementioned topics to create a blueprint of a new, ‘better’ house.
Temporary Sanctuary
Tuesday, June 4th, 2019
Lesson focuses on students learning about how sustainability, biomimicry, and architecture can work together to create innovative and feasible housing solutions for those in need. Students will need to collect information on the complications that people encounter when faced with not having shelter, where are some of the most resource deprived areas of the world, and what energy conservation technologies exist that can supplement the function of a shelter to provide adequate living conditions.
Riparian Zone Replacement Design
Tuesday, June 4th, 2019
The students will explore the causes and effects of erosion and how a healthy riparian zone can work. They will test water health based on the aquatic insects they find and compare their water health findings to how the waterway has been eroding. They will develop a testable replacement riparian zone model based on their research and develop a real-world implementation based upon their designs.
Go With the Flow
Tuesday, June 4th, 2019
Lesson focuses on students creating a working model of an ecological concept, the River Continuum Concept and demonstrating how human impacts change insect ecology. Students design a working model that shows river flow and compares and contrasts a natural ecosystem with a human-impacted one and how that relates to insect diversity in an area.
Drone Pollination
Tuesday, June 4th, 2019
Students will be working in groups to create a 3-d printed drone pollination applicator that can be used to pollinate flowers. They will also develop a product and use a persuasive Shark Tank style presentation to try and convince a panel of community partners that their design should be the one to be commercially developed. Content includes design thinking, decision matrix, and forces.
