Description
Grade Levels: Kindergarten - 8th Grade
Duration: 60 minutes
Building Block Cars: Crash Test (Lesson Plan + Student Worksheet)
Engage your students in an exciting hands-on exploration of engineering, force, motion, and crash testing with this comprehensive lesson plan and student worksheet! Perfect for grades K-5, students will design, build, and test crash-resistant building block cars that protect a small character during collisions.
Through iterative testing and redesign, students will explore how engineers improve vehicle safety systems while developing critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
Students begin by designing a car that safely protects a character during a crash test. Once successful, they redesign their vehicle to safely protect both the character and a marble during impact. Students test their vehicles using ramps and crash walls while learning about forces, collisions, momentum, and structural design.
What’s Included:
• Full Lesson Plan: Detailed, step-by-step instructions for teaching the activity.
• Student Worksheet: Ready-to-print worksheets to guide students through blueprint sketching, redesign, testing, and reflection.
• Hands-On Activities: Design, build, test, and improve crash-resistant building block cars.
Additional Materials Needed (not included):
• Building Blocks
• Wheels & Axles
• Small Toy Characters or Figures
• Marbles
• Ramp
• Crash Wall or Barrier
• Pencils
• Markers
Why You’ll Love This Lesson:
• Fun & Engaging: Students will love designing and crash testing their own cars!
• STEM Learning: Perfect for teaching force, motion, collisions, and engineering design.
• Critical Thinking: Students redesign and improve their vehicles through iterative testing.
• Wide Range of NGSS Standards: This lesson aligns with multiple NGSS standards across K-5, covering topics such as forces and motion, engineering design, problem-solving, and testing.
• Easy to Implement: Everything you need to get started with minimal prep.
Get ready to inspire your students with this hands-on STEM lesson that combines engineering, creativity, and real-world problem-solving!
Highlights
Description
Grade Levels: Kindergarten - 8th Grade
Duration: 60 minutes
Building Block Cars: Crash Test (Lesson Plan + Student Worksheet)
Engage your students in an exciting hands-on exploration of engineering, force, motion, and crash testing with this comprehensive lesson plan and student worksheet! Perfect for grades K-5, students will design, build, and test crash-resistant building block cars that protect a small character during collisions.
Through iterative testing and redesign, students will explore how engineers improve vehicle safety systems while developing critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
Students begin by designing a car that safely protects a character during a crash test. Once successful, they redesign their vehicle to safely protect both the character and a marble during impact. Students test their vehicles using ramps and crash walls while learning about forces, collisions, momentum, and structural design.
What’s Included:
• Full Lesson Plan: Detailed, step-by-step instructions for teaching the activity.
• Student Worksheet: Ready-to-print worksheets to guide students through blueprint sketching, redesign, testing, and reflection.
• Hands-On Activities: Design, build, test, and improve crash-resistant building block cars.
Additional Materials Needed (not included):
• Building Blocks
• Wheels & Axles
• Small Toy Characters or Figures
• Marbles
• Ramp
• Crash Wall or Barrier
• Pencils
• Markers
Why You’ll Love This Lesson:
• Fun & Engaging: Students will love designing and crash testing their own cars!
• STEM Learning: Perfect for teaching force, motion, collisions, and engineering design.
• Critical Thinking: Students redesign and improve their vehicles through iterative testing.
• Wide Range of NGSS Standards: This lesson aligns with multiple NGSS standards across K-5, covering topics such as forces and motion, engineering design, problem-solving, and testing.
• Easy to Implement: Everything you need to get started with minimal prep.
Get ready to inspire your students with this hands-on STEM lesson that combines engineering, creativity, and real-world problem-solving!
