Students apply their skills to analyze local historical weather records. They look for long-term trends and interview community members to understand how climate shifts impact their own surroundings.
Students take on the role of Cosmic Consultants to help alien clients design their perfect planetary seasons by manipulating axial tilt, orbital distance, and solar intensity.
A cross-curricular lesson where 6th grade students explore music genres through the lens of classification algorithms and data attributes. Students will learn to identify genres based on specific criteria and design their own logic-based sorting systems.
Final reflection on the unit. Students explore real-world green buildings in their community and create an action plan for one sustainable change.
Teams present their final home designs to the class, providing constructive feedback using the 'Glow and Grow' format and participating in a gallery walk.
Students work in teams to create their home designs through posters or digital models, receiving teacher and peer feedback to refine their solutions.
Introduce the final Design Challenge. Students receive family scenario cards and begin planning a home that incorporates sustainability, accessibility, and climate-specific features.
Identify ways homes can conserve water and manage waste sustainably. Students will explore greywater systems and calculate daily water usage for a typical family.
An outdoor physics experience where students investigate Newton's Laws of Motion, friction, and mass through carnival-themed physical activities and experiments.
A high-energy meteorology lesson where students act as atmospheric scientists at a mission control center, analyzing real-world data and cloud patterns to broadcast a live weather forecast.