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Design Challenge To design blades for a windmill that will catch the wind and use the wind’s energy to lift a container of weights.

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1 Design Challenge To design blades for a windmill that will catch the wind and use the wind’s energy to lift a container of weights

2 The Set-Up

3 An Introduction to the EiE Teacher Guides

4 Teacher Guide Structure Overview Prep Lesson Lesson 1: Engineering Story Lesson 2: A Broader View of an Engineering Field Lesson 3: Scientific Data Inform Engineering Design Lesson 4: Engineering Design Challenge Assessments

5 Lesson 1 - Storybook

6 Lesson 1: Important Points The Story: Introduces relevant science, engineering, and technology vocabulary Introduces field of engineering. Sets context for engineering design challenge Introduces the Engineering Design Process. Is vague about child’s solution.

7 Lesson 1: Introducing the EDP

8 Lesson 2: Who are Mechanical Engineers? Guiding Question How do mechanical engineers observe and think about machines?

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10 Lesson 3: Testing Sail Designs Guiding Question What properties of a sail affect how well it catches the wind?

11 The Set-Up

12 Lesson 3

13 Lesson 4: Designing a Windmill Guiding Question How can we use what we know about materials and their properties, our creativity, and the Engineering Design Process to design windmill blades that catch the wind?”

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