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Engineering Design: Playground Swing (Aligns with NGSS 3-5-ETS1-1, 2, & 3)

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Engineering Design: Playground Swing (Aligns with NGSS 3-5-ETS1-1, 2, & 3)This NGSS aligned STEM project engages your students with a hands-on experience in designing and building a playground swing. While doing this project, they will learn and understand the engineering design process. This lesson addresses NGSS Performance Expectation NGSS 3-5-ETS1-1, 2, &3: Define a simple design problem, generate and compare multiple solutions, and plan and carry out fair tests. The lesson draws studen

4th - 7th

Engineering, General Science, Physical Science

CCSS, NGSS

W.5.7

, 3-5-ETS1-3

, 3-5-ETS1-1

Also included in: NGSS Fifth Grade Science Curriculum Bundle | Phenomena-Based Lessons!

Making the U.S. More Democratic

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High School Resources for Social Studies

This worksheet guides students through a critical examination of how specific reforms could strengthen democratic institutions in the United States. Using eight real-world issues—such as campaign finance, corporate lobbying, economic inequality, and media ownership—students evaluate proposed reform strategies and then reflect on their own ideas for change. Each section includes a concise overview of a democratic challenge, a list of potential reforms, and space for students to respond with their

9th - 12th, Higher Education

Civics, Government, U.S. History

Also included in: Is the U.S. Becoming an Oligarchy? | Civic Discussion & Critical Thinking Set