Toad

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Toads Car

• Hands-on Engineering Design
• Physical Science - Grades 3-5
• Full Lesson
• Reading Activity
• Explore available Materials
• Design and Test Cars

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Toads Car Group Packet

• Lesson Plan
• Word Alert
• Booklet with Graphics
• Reading Think Aloud Resource
• Exploration Activity
• Design Activity
• Car Design Results

Our focus today
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Toads Car Today's Activity

• Review the Toads Car Activity Handout
• Discuss and Complete the Problem and Criteria and
  Constraints Sections
• Sketch Two Initial Designs
• Build Prototypes
• Test Prototypes
• Clean up

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Toads Car Reflection

• How will your students identify the science
  involved?
• What factors made your car swerve the most? How
  did you fix them?
• Which designs were the most effective? Why?
• What design elements made your car travel the
  furthest?
• What was the most difficult part of this
  activity?
• What could be done to improve it?

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Small Group Discussion

• Characteristics and benefits of Engineering
  Design.
• How does the Engineering Design Process differ
  from Science Inquiry?
• What other activities can you modify to use
  Engineering Design?
• Problems you anticipate and how to resolve them?
• Biggest roadblock to using the Engineering Design
  Process?