Investigating How Our Designs Work

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Students analyze how their plank car models move, testing which shapes, weights, and wheel sizes perform best and recording the results. They exchange findings with partner classes and evaluate which design choices would work in different communities...

学生年龄: 13-15 岁
项目时长: 4 周
开始月份: 十二月 2026

学习成果

Students will be able to identify the design features of their plank car models, such as shape, weight, and wheel size, and report them to partner classes.

记忆 / 理解

Students will be able to use controlled tests to demonstrate how shape, weight, and wheel size affect their plank car's movement, recording results collaboratively with peers.

应用

Students will be able to compare and contrast their test results with partner classes' findings to differentiate which design choices perform best under different conditions.

分析

Students will be able to evaluate which plank car design choices would work best in different communities around the world, justifying their decisions with evidence from shared data.

评价

要培养的技能

协作与团队合作

全球意识

项目活动

Meet the partner class and launch the car challenge

Students introduce themselves and their communities to the partner class through a video call, then see their plank car models and learn about the investigation goals.

时长： 60 分钟

Build, test, and record how shape, weight, and wheels affect movement

In small teams, students change one design feature at a time, run controlled roll tests, and record distances and times in a shared data table with the partner class.

时长： 180 分钟

Compare findings with the partner class and analyze patterns

Students review both classes' data together, identify which design choices performed best under different conditions, and explain why they think the results happened.

时长： 150 分钟

Adapt designs for communities around the world

Teams choose a community profile, such as a rainy mountain town or a dusty city street, and decide which plank car design choices would work best there, using evidence from the shared data.

时长： 150 分钟

Present findings and recommendations to the partner class

Teams share their test results, community recommendations, and reflections on what they learned about working across cultures during a joint showcase.

时长： 90 分钟