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Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 2001
Pages: 9
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Design Weather Instruments Using Lego Sensors. Grades 3-5.
Rushton, Erik; Ryan, Emily; Swift, Charles
In this activity, students design and create a LEGO (plastic building blocks) structure to house and protect a temperature sensor. The structure is left in a safe spot and the temperature is regularly checked and charted. This activity uses a time frame of 45 minutes. (Author/SOE)
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Data Analysis, Data Interpretation, Elementary Education, Graphs, Interdisciplinary Approach, Science Activities, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Temperature
Web site: www.prek-12engineering.org/activities/.
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Audience: Practitioners; Teachers
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Tufts Univ., Medford, MA.
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Note: Produced by the Office for Technology and Industry Collaboration. For other activities in this series, see SE 068 011-041.
