Physical Science Unit: Water Beach Vacation Lesson 10 Engineering Design Problem: Beat the Heat Part 1: Design a Cooler

In this engineering design problem, students will have the opportunity to apply what they learned about the changes water undergoes when it changes state through heating and cooling by designing their own cooler. Students will be asked to use the engineering design process to design a cooler that will reduce the melting of frozen water in hot temperatures at the beach. Students will need to design and build their cooler, test their materials, and justify their design decisions. This lesson is the first of several lessons based on engineering design; in subsequent lessons, students will build and test their designs with ice.

This is a lesson in the Grade 3 Physical Science Unit on Water. This is a themed unit of SaM-1's adventures while on a Beach Vacation.  To see all the lessons in the unit please visit https://www.cpalms.org/page818.aspx.

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Subject(s): Mathematics, English Language Arts, Science
Grade Level(s): 3
Intended Audience: Educators educators
Instructional Time: 30 Minute(s)
Keywords: SaM-1, Engineering design process, engineering design, build, model, prototype, STEM, water, cooler, design, robot, ice, melt, freeze, boil, condensation, evaporation, solid, liquid, gas, states of matter, beach, beach vacation, celsius, temperature, mass, volume
Instructional Component Type(s): Lesson Plan,  Unit/Lesson Sequence
Instructional Design Framework(s): Cooperative Learning
Resource Collection: CPALMS Physical Science with SaM-1 Lessons

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This Physical Science Unit on Water for grade three, allows teachers to combine multiple standards into a unit for students to explore the changes water undergoes when it changes state through heating and cooling. This themed unit provides a variety of SaM-1TV videos to introduce topics, purpose and proper procedures involving scientific exploration while SaM-1 is on a Beach Vacation.  The seventeen lessons incorporate Math and ELA standards to create an interdisciplinary approach to teaching science, while providing robust and rigorous science content.  Students are provided with a variety of hands-on activities and labs to explore and reinforce skills.  Students have the opportunity to plan, conduct a controlled experiment and use data as evidence. Every lesson includes possible station ideas to extend exploration and science skills. The unit also includes simple block-coding lessons, engineering design lessons and Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, which allow the students to use their acquired skills from the unit in problem-based situations. The teacher can choose all or some of the lessons to create an all-encompassing STEM classroom. The unit also includes ideas for bulletin boards and the artwork needed to create interactive displays.

 


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Contributed by: Carrie Meyers
Name of Author/Source: Carrie Meyers
District/Organization of Contributor(s): Florida State University
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