Chair Lift Challenge

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Chair Lift Challenge

Description:

The lesson focuses on unique challenges in transportation engineering, such as devising a method for skiers or hikers to get to the top of a mountain. Students work in teams to design a "chair lift" out of everyday items that can transport a ping pong ball in an open front cup from the bottom of a "valley" to the top of a "mountain" along a clothes line or wire without the ball falling out. Students design their chairlift on paper, execute their design, test it, reflect on the challenge, and share their experiences with the class.

Education Levels:

3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Subject:

Technology, Physics, Physical Sciences, Engineering

Resource Type:

Lesson plan

Medium:

PDF

Fee Status:

Free

Beneficiary:

Students

Online provider:

TryEngineering

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Keywords:

Chairlifts, Transportation, Civil engineering, Aerial lifts

Mediator:

Secondary school teachers, Middle school teachers, Elementary school teachers

Publisher:

TryEngineering

Is Part Of:

http://www.tryengineering.org/

Language:

English

General

Essential Resources:

Everyday, household-type materials to build chairlifts

Learning Time:

1-2 45-minute sessions

Subjects/Topics

P21 Subject:

Science

Instructional Methods

Assessment Method:

Informal assessment

Interaction Method:

Large Group instruction