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November/December 2023
Academic Standards
Reading Objective:
Students will examine how the engineering design process was used to design and build a Lego wheelchair for an injured turtle.
Reading Level:
510L; GRL: K
Next Generation Science Standards:
K-2-ETS-1: Engineering Design
2-PS1: Finding materials best suited for a purpose; Reassembling objects made of small sets of pieces
Vocabulary:
plastron, infected, engineer, design
Use these questions to check students’ understanding and stimulate discussion:
1. What part of the turtle was broken? (the bottom part of its shell)
2. What did the turtle need to heal? (a wheelchair)
3. What does an engineer do?
4. How did the Lego engineer help the turtle?
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Materials: Pencils, copies of the skill sheet
Overview: Students think like engineers as they plan, design, and draw a wheelchair for an injured animal.
Directions: