This lesson is for students that already have knowledge and experience with Cube-lets. They will quickly review what the sensor and action cubes do, and will now have more of an opportunity to experiment with the logic/thinking cubes.
Students will also discuss different fields of Engineering and the design process that engineers use, and use that process as they complete new Cube-lets challenges. (No previous knowledge to the Engineering Design Process is necessary.) (Most appropriate for grades 4-8. High School students would benefit as well.)
Science Standards:
3.PS.3: Heat, electrical energy, light, sound and magnetic energy are forms of energy.
4.PS.2: Energy can be transferred from one location to another or can be transformed from one form to another.
6.PS.4: An object’s motion can be described by its speed and the direction in which it is moving.
7.PS.4: Energy can be transferred through a variety of ways.
8.PS.2: Forces can act to change the motion of objects.