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- Appropriate grades
- 5
- Subjects
- science (technology and innovation)
- Provider
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
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The purpose of this lesson is to use Internet resources to explore the parts of a system and develop students understanding of the interactions between those parts; to engage in troubleshooting and design related to systems. In this investigation, students will take a closer look at a variety of simple hardware devices. Students will observe the interactions between the elements of the devices, through both hands-on and Internet exploration. Developing the concept of a system helps establish a framework for understanding ideas related to nearly all other benchmark topics.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Science (2005)
Grade 5
- Goal 4: The learner will conduct investigations and use appropriate technologies to build an understanding of forces and motion in technological designs.
- Objective 4.06: Build and use a model to solve a mechanical design problem.
- Devise a test for the model.
- Evaluate the results of test.
- Objective 4.06: Build and use a model to solve a mechanical design problem.
