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Try Engineering: Spring Scale Engineering Lesson PlanTry Engineering: Spring Scale Engineering Lesson Plan
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TryEngineering
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9th - 10th
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Math
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Lexile Measures
1150L
Lesson Plan

Try Engineering: Spring Scale Engineering

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Students learn about the engineering design process as they design, build, and test a spring scale using everyday items that can measure the weight of an apple. The objective of the lesson is to explore how scales work and to learn about measuring devices and construction techniques.

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teamwork

Additional Tags

construction techniques, engineering design process, measuring devices, properties of materials, spring scale, tryengineering, problem solving, nonstandard measurement

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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