Lesson plan (Alternative to UBD)
1.
2.
Target Lesson
NJ standards addressed in the lesson.
a. 5.1
b. 5.2
c.
5.4
d.
5.5
e.
5.9
3.
Students should already know:
a.
Students should know different types of engineers and what they do
b.
Students should be able to identify issues in design and make changes
c.
Students should be able to closely follow parameters for successful task completion
4.
Goals:
Students will be able to design a delivery device to drop a marble onto a target consistently from a zipline
Students will discuss and understand the positives and negatives of parallel design.
5.
Student difficulties:
Students might have difficulties with designing their rig.
6.
Equipment:
Cup, marble, string, index card, tape.
Lesson description:
Student will first be prompted with a problem of getting supplies to a base on the moon using a new
device that needs to drop supplies near the base from above. Students will be given the materials
and asked to first think about how they will design their rig before beginning assembling it.
Students will then take the materials and construct their dropping mechanisms. Students will be
given roughly 25 minutes to test and rebuild their rigs until they have to demonstrate them to the
other groups. Students will then get together with another group and try to combine the positive
aspects of each of their designs in order to make their rig more effective. Students will then come
back as a class to discuss what challenges they had designing with groups who already had their own
design and what they gained from working together with the different groups.
Time Table – who is going to be doing what and when during the lesson to make sure that
students are actively engaged.
Clock reading
“Title of the
Students doing
Me doing
during the lesson
activity” Relation to
the goals
0 - 15 min
Pre-design of the
Students Work
Work with students
drop-off rig
together to come up and have them
with initial design
present design before
for rig
building.
15- 40 min
Rig building and
Students work in
Assist students when
testing
groups to build their necessary and test
bridge and then
their bridges when
bring them to test if finished.
they meet
parameters
40-55 min
Students present
Students either
As questions about
their rigs to the class present or watch
design when
other groups present necessary
and ask questions
55-75 min
Students collaborate Students are
Walking around and
with another group
working together
assisting if students
in order to improve with another groups need help otherwise
their design
working on rigs
standing back.
75-85 min
Students present
Students present or
As questions when
improved rigs
watch and ask
necessary
questions
85-90 min
Class Discussion
Students discuss
Lead discussion
parts of
collaborative design
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8.
9.
Formative assessments
a.
Students are able to design rig that accomplishes the task
b. Students can work with group to improve initial design
c.
Students are capable of working with a larger group each with their own ideas to make a
better design.
Homework
Students will go home and find 3 different products that are similar in design and combine features of
both to that would make the overall object better suited for its job. Students should comment about
why this change is an improvement.