Students imagine working as a person who loads and unloads luggage for an airline company. Their challenge is to to design a more efficient system for transporting luggage straight from the airplane to the conveyor belt where passengers pick up their belongings. Their design must transfer marbles from an elevated cup (symbolizing the airplane) to a cup on a lower level (symbolizing the baggage claim area), while only using the provided materials.
- STEM career connections: Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Architecture and Construction
- STEM disciplines: Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
- Non-STEM disciplines: English Language Arts
Submissions from 2017
Lesson 4: Close Reading, Margie Pinnell, Shannon Driskell, and Mary-Kate Sableski
Lesson 4: Lesson Plan, Margie Pinnell, Shannon Driskell, and Mary-Kate Sableski
Lesson 4: Parent Letters, Margie Pinnell, Shannon Driskell, and Mary-Kate Sableski
Lesson 4: Presentation, Margie Pinnell, Shannon Driskell, and Mary-Kate Sableski
Lesson 4: Student Handout, Margie Pinnell, Shannon Driskell, and Mary-Kate Sableski
STEM Challenge Handout: Engineering Design Process, Margie Pinnell, Shannon Driskell, and Mary-Kate Sableski
STEM Facilitator Resources, Margie Pinnell, Shannon Driskell, and Mary-Kate Sableski
STEM: Make a Connection, Margie Pinnell, Shannon Driskell, and Mary-Kate Sableski
STEM Vocabulary Worksheet, Margie Pinnell, Shannon Driskell, and Mary-Kate Sableski
