Grand designs and great failures
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A lesson plan for Grades 6–8 Science
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- Appropriate grades
- 6–8
- Subjects
- science (technology and innovation)
- Provider
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
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This Science NetLinks lesson is the third in a three-part series on ships. In this lesson, students apply what they have learned in the previous lessons to develop an explanation of why two real-life ships, the British Titanic and the Swedish Vasa, sank. This application of knowledge to real-life situations demonstrates to students that even good designs can fail and that the solution to one problem often leads to another. It also demonstrates how cultural and contextual conditions can affect both engineering plans and their implementation.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Science (2005)
Grade 6
- Goal 2: The learner will demonstrate an understanding of technological design.
- Objective 2.03: Evaluate technological designs for:
- Application of scientific principles.
- Risks and benefits.
- Constraints of design.
- Consistent testing protocols.
- Objective 2.03: Evaluate technological designs for:
Grade 7
- Goal 2: The learner will demonstrate an understanding of technological design.
- Objective 2.03: Evaluate technological designs for:
- Application of scientific principles.
- Risks and benefits.
- Constraints of design.
- Consistent testing protocols.
- Objective 2.03: Evaluate technological designs for:
- Goal 6: The learner will conduct investigations, use models, simulations, and appropriate technologies and information systems to build an understanding of motion and forces.
- Objective 6.06: Investigate and analyze the real world interactions of balanced and unbalanced forces:
- Sports and recreation.
- Transportation.
- The human body.
- Objective 6.06: Investigate and analyze the real world interactions of balanced and unbalanced forces:
Grade 8
- Goal 2: The learner will demonstrate an understanding of technological design.
- Objective 2.03: Evaluate technological designs for:
- Application of scientific principles.
- Risks and benefits.
- Constraints of design.
- Consistent testing protocols.
- Objective 2.03: Evaluate technological designs for:
- Goal 3: The learner will conduct investigations and utilize appropriate technologies and information systems to build an understanding of the hydrosphere.
- Objective 3.01: Analyze the unique properties of water including:
- Universal solvent.
- Cohesion and adhesion.
- Polarity.
- Density and buoyancy.
- Specific heat.
- Objective 3.01: Analyze the unique properties of water including:
