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Engineering with Gravity

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Students will build a structure using items such as blocks, books, or even cardboard boxes with the intention of using gravity to roll a small round object such as a marble down the structure from top to bottom.

Vocabulary: civil engineer, engineer, gravity, slide, structure, support, tunnel, turn

Session Information: This activity is available in-person or virtually.

In-Person Session Information Virtual Session Information
  • Session times are Tuesday - Friday, 10 - 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 - 2 p.m.
  • Activities are pre-selected based on grade level
  • Up to two classes per session, maximum 30 students/class
  • Session times are Tuesday - Friday, 10 - 10:30 a.m., 11:15 - 11:45 a.m., and 12:30 - 1 p.m.
  • Select one activity
  • Up to two classes per session
  • Teachers will receive detailed Teacher Notes guide upon booking
  • Secure link to Zoom.gov videoconferencing platform will be provided

All in-person activities are interactive, hands-on student experiences guided by our instructors. All virtual activities are interactive, instructor-led experiences that are either facilitated with students using materials from school/home or demonstration-based if students do not have access to materials.

New York State Standards

New York State Science Learning Standards

Disciplinary Core Ideas

Crosscutting Concepts

Science and Engineering Practices

PS1.A: Structure and Properties of Matter

ETS1.B: Developing Possible Solutions

ETS1.C: Optimizing the Design Solution

Systems and System Models

Energy and Matter Flows

Structure and Function

Developing and Using Models

Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions

Next Generation English Language Arts Standards

Speaking and Listening

Language

Comprehension and Collaboration

Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas

Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

New York State Standards for the Arts

Creating

Connecting

Visual Arts 1.1

Visual Arts 10.1

Contact

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Brookhaven National Laboratory
Building 438
Upton, NY 11973-5000

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Program Audience

2nd Grade