Description:
Looking at the history of vehicles and vehicles of the future this lesson incorporates hands-on experiential learning that connects with the real world. Connected to transportation, technological design, manufacturing, and communication technology, this lesson has everything from history, coding, 3D printing, but also takes consideration for equitable access for all classrooms. The evolution of vehicles? How are simple machines part of vehicles? The mobility of goods and why this should be important to everyone. These are all questions that students will consider through this engineering design thinking lesson that will take you from the beginning of vehicles to cars of the future and everything in between. Start your engines for this exciting lesson.
Links to Resources
- Electric Vehicles - Grade 8 (Google Slides)
- Flippity Quiz Template - OVIN Careers Lesson Final (Google Sheets)
- Card Reflection (Google Doc)
- CONNECT Extend Challenge (Google Doc)
- Connect EXTEND Challenge (1) (Google Doc)
- Connect Extend CHALLENGE (Google Doc)
- Learning through Reflection Activity (Google Doc)
- OVIN Evolution of Vehicles Handout (Google Doc)
- Grade 8 Rubrics OVIN (Google Doc)
- OVIN Grade 8 Careers Handout - Option #1 (Google Doc)
- OVIN Grade 8 Lesson #2 Sample Rubric (Google Doc)
- OVIN Grade 8 Lesson 1 Rubric (Google Doc)
- Today I know (Google Doc)