Instructional Materials

Lesson Notes

Activity Materials

1. See below.

YI - C Grades: 5-6

Transportation

Teacher Names: Jesse LeClair(1), Christopher Corr, Dan Koch, Carrington Vaughn(2)

1. Lesson Name: Planetary Pasta Rover

   1. Concepts: Design in Technology and Engineering Education

   2. Technical Skills: Sketch, Design and Build

   3. Problem Solving/Design: Stay in budget, use different pasta for best design for speed

   4. STEM Activity Name: Pasta Car

   5. Student Tasks/Activities: Sketch and build a pasta rover, have it roll down a ramp and time it.

   6. Notes:

      1. use conversion of 1cm/s = .022, budget is 50,000,000,000 (more details during the lesson)

   7. Needed Materials

      1. glue

      2. scraps of cardboard for the glue residue

      3. paper and pencils for sketching

      4. 1 meter ramp, wood, plastic or metal (if nothing is available they will use the banker box)

      5. 6-10 textbooks to elevate the ramp

      6. measuring device, ruler or tape measure

      7. smoother floor and open space

      8. copies of the pasta budget

      9. stopwatch or timer

      10. data sheets to list time trials