6th Grade Engineering

mint mobile 6th

RESULTS

 

Two photos of four-wheeled cart chassis made from Popsicle sticks, plastic straws, lifesaver mint candies (for wheels), cardboard and tape. One is wide with Popsicle sticks mounted along straw axles; the other is narrow with Popsicle sticks connecting the front and back straw axles.

Summary

Students design, build and test model race cars made from simple materials (lifesaver-shaped candies, plastic drinking straws, index cards, tape) as a way to explore variables. Students also practice the steps of the engineering design process by brainstorming, planning, building, testing, and improving their “mint-mobiles.”  The students will also explore the concepts of potential and kinetic energy involved in the process

Learning Objectives

After this activity, students should be able to:

  • Explain the engineering design process
  • Identify variables
  • Understand potential and kinetic energy

Thanks to www.teachengineering.org for the activity idea!

 

New 6th Grade Project

Trailer Viewing:

https://goo.gl/forms/h1nTpWwsz81xB8GF3

BOOK TRAILER

TP – Students will create a book trailer (an animated book report) by using skills in PowerPoint.

new skills – animating, self transitioning

 

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Here is a general outline to guide your thoughts before doing your presentation:

book trailer outline-1dbogn9

Here is my sample generic book trailer:

book trailer

Things you should think about while working on your project:

*Please remember to look at the outline to know the elements you need to include

Why did you choose this book?

Why would or should somebody else want to read it?

How are you going to catch the viewer’s attention?

What is the tone you are trying to set?  How will you do that?

How can you show the key points without giving to much away?

How can sound and moving images help portray your thoughts?

Sound sites:

soundbible.com

freesound.org

fromtexttospeech.com

Video sites:

videvo.net

giphy.com

If you need some assistance with animation:

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/19105/how-to-animate-text-and-objects-in-powerpoint-2010/

http://www.gcflearnfree.org/powerpoint2013/20.3

Or, if you need assistance with transition timing:

http://www.gcflearnfree.org/powerpoint2013/10

http://www.gcflearnfree.org/powerpoint2010/6.2

Rubric:

book trailer rubric

Finishing Machine Projects

TP – Students will complete machine projects by edited and revising

Do you think you are done?

  1.  Is your Powerpoint complete?
  2. Do you have a labeled diagram?
  3. Did you explain how all the machines in your diagram function to make your machine work?
  4. Are you selling the product?  Why should someone buy it?  How would it help?
  5. Does it look good?  Would somebody be attracted to read it?
  6. Have you shared it with a classmate(s)?

LOOK AT THE RUBRIC – HOW ARE YOU DOING?

Science Project Machine rubric

if so – here are your choices:

for extra credit –

  1.  Design an Ad that would be in a paper or magazine
  2. Make a commercial
  3. Make a business card for your new product
  4. Design an attachment or extension to your product

Assessment –

https://goo.gl/forms/iQOwNeK7fyqvYwQ12

6th Grade Machines

Science Project

TP – Students will demonstrate how simple machines work by designing and explaining their own unique compound machine

Compound Machine Project

Your science project will be to design your own compound machine, with 4 simple machines or more.

Both partners will work together to:

  1. Choose the 4 or more simple machines to include.
  2. Design the compound machine.
  3. Decide whether the compound machine will be presented as a hand drawing, on the computer, on a poster board, the compound machine itself in 3D format that we can touch, or another way that will be brought up to the teacher’s attention for approval.
  4. Label all the simple machines included.
  5. Decorate and elaborate as needed
  6. Write an advertising for your compound machine (USING POWERPOINT.)
    1. Think about who would want to purchase your compound machine. Who is your audience? Who will you try to convince to purchase your product?
    2. Make sure you appeal to your audience by including:
      1. Emotions and feelings. (ex: “Puppies need love too!”)
      2. Logic (head): (ex: “A puppy would make me more responsible”)
  • Admiration (celebrities) (ex: “Prince Royce has a puppy”)
  1. The advertising should include:
    1. the name of the compound machine.
    2. an attention grabber.
    3. a description of how it machine works, its function.
    4. three reasons why someone should purchase the compound machine. (Think: If someone purchases this machine, how will it make their life easier)
    5. Why should the audience believe that your machine is as great as you say? Explain here, do not use the question to write this part.
    6. Illustrations of your compound machine being used, and how it helped make work easier for the owner.
    7. If you finish early, you will be able to create an audio commercial for your machine!

Instructions and Rubric:

Science-Project-compound-machine

Organizer:

science-lab-ad-organizer

Mr. Sillman’s Sample:

machine-project-sample