ELA Aligned

Essential Question: How can you learn knowledge from others to build a solid wand that can use a liquid to create a gas and use the rule-making process in a representative democracy to decide on the best design?

Science: Students use the engineering and design process to plan and conduct an investigation to describe and classify different kinds of materials by their observable properties. 

Social Studies: Students explain governmental institutions and practices in the United States and other countries.

Mathematics Aligned

Essential Question: How might we explore our ancestry and the ancestors of others through the engineering design process to build a prototype suitcase in which we could use for travel to their ancestors’ home country that meets TSA carry-on requirements. 

Science: Obtain information to identify where water is found on Earth and that it can be solid or liquid and Develop a model to represent the shapes and kinds of land and bodies of water in an area. Students use the design thinking process to develop a suitcase that they can use to visit their ancestors. 

Social Studies: Students differentiate between things that happened long ago and things that happened yesterday and demonstrate map skills by describing the absolute and relative locations of people, places, and environments. 

Mathematics Aligned

Essential Question: How might we learn about the importance of plants for ourselves and others to create a business that can raise awareness about plants and the diversity of their habitats?

Science: Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.

Social Studies: Students understand basic economic concepts and their individual roles in the economy and demonstrate basic economic reasoning skills.