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Students work in design teams to develop a solution to an engineering problem. Teams will construct a “ride” for a marble that must meet specified design criteria. Students will be introduced to the law of gravity.

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 Vocabulary
   gravity, engineer
 
 Lesson Objectives
   1)     Develop a solution to a problem and discover that one  
 problem has many solutions.
   2)     Discover what a structural engineer does.
   3)     Complete a task in a specified period of time while
 meeting specified criteria.		 National Science Education Standards
   Content Standard A- Science as Inquiry
 New York State Learning Standards
   Math, Science & Technology Standard 1, 4, 5, 7
 

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