Elective Science: STEM 7-8 Unit 5 Weeks 13-15

Monday
a. STEM in transportation Week 13 Week 14 Week 15

Tuesday
b. Introduction to mousetrap racecar project

Wednesday
a. Building mousetrap racecar b. Focus on selecting/building a good body c. Vocab words for unit

Thursday
a. Building mousetrap racecar b. Focus on selecting good wheels

Friday
a. Building Mousetrap racecar b. Focus on lever arm to make car go farther

UNIT V: Transportation Unit

b. What types of transportation are b. Physics of used around the cars world? How, why are they used? c. Selecting materials to build a car a. Finish putting all parts of the car together to make it go fast and far! a. Testing mousetrap racecars b. Re-design for final test tomorrow a. Building and redesigning balsa wood airplane

a. Final testing of mousetrap racecar b. What STEM concepts were learned from this project? a. Testing and collecting data on balsa wood airplane b. What Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics are involved in aviation?

a. Introduction to science of flight b. Paper airplane lab to learn 4 forces of flight: gravity, thrust, lift and drag a. Tour of TRF airport with possible flights b. What did this field trip teach us? c. What does it take for a career in aviation?

a. What are the parts of an airplane? b. Starting balsa wood airplane

a. What are the parts of an airplane? b. Starting balsa wood airplane project

a. What types of STEM are involved in transportation which includes cars and aviation? b. How can what you learned be used in your future?

Tharaldson - STEM 7-8