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Years 3 & 4 Band Description

Years 3 & 4 Achievement Standards

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Recognise the role of people in design and technologies occupations and explore factors, including sustainability that impact on the design of products, services and environments to meet community needs (ACTDEK010)

Investigate how forces and the properties of materials affect the behaviour of a product or system (ACTDEK011)

Investigate food and fibre production and food technologies used in modern and traditional societies (ACTDEK012)

Investigate the suitability of materials, systems, components, tools and equipment for a range of purposes (ACTDEK013)

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Critique needs or opportunities for designing and explore and test a variety of materials, components, tools and equipment and the techniques needed to produce designed solutions (ACTDEP014)

Generate, develop, and communicate design ideas and decisions using appropriate technical terms and graphical representation techniques (ACTDEP015)

Select and use materials, components, tools, equipment and techniques and use safe work practices to make designed solutions (ACTDEP016)

Evaluate design ideas, processes and solutions based on criteria for success developed with guidance and including care for the environment (ACTDEP017)

Plan a sequence of production steps when making designed solutions individually and collaboratively (ACTDEP018)

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In this task students experiment with materials, tools and equipment, investigating different solutions that will prevent an egg from breaking when it is dropped from a certain height.

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Investigate how forces and the properties of materials affect the behaviour of a product or system (ACTDEK011)

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Here's one of my kids' and students' absolute favorite STEM challenge: an egg drop challenge! In this post you'll see some egg contraptions from this year's egg drop project, as well as some free printable recording sheets to use in the classroom. Be sure to also check out the links to past egg drop challenges!

The egg drop challenge has been one of our favorite science activities for years! It's such a fun STEM activity that really gets the kids thinking and is perfect for just about any age.

Be sure to check out our previous egg drop challenges to see past creations by both younger children and upper elementary grades:
Egg Drop Challenge 2016 Egg Drop Challenge 2014 Egg Drop Challenge 2013
What is an egg drop challenge?

Taking part in the egg drop challenge has become an annual tradition for us to do at home and with my husband's students at school. If you've never heard of the egg drop project, the idea is to create a contraption that will protect an egg from cracking or breaking from a high fall. You can make this as simple or complex as you want depending on the amount of time you have and the ages of kids you are working with.

How to Do the Egg Drop Challenge in the Classroom

This year my husband's 4th grade students brought materials from home to the classroom. They then used those materials as a basis for their egg containers. Some students worked in pairs or small groups, while others chose to work independently to design and build their own egg contraptions. They used our free planning printable to record their designs.

After each contraption was built, the kids displayed them in the classroom. Students were encouraged to walk around and examine each egg container and predict whether it would protect an egg from a high fall using our free printable recording sheet.

After making their predictions, eggs were placed inside each container, and the students excitedly headed outside for the test!

The kids had a blast watching each egg container fall and inspecting whether it had protected the egg. They hypothesized as to why certain containers worked and others didn't.

This is definitely one of the kids' favorite science activities of the year, and we can't wait to do it again next spring!

Be sure to check out STEAM Kids book and ebook for even more creative STEM and STEAM ideas!

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Egg Drop Challenge 2015 - Buggy and Buddy

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Here's one of my kids' and students' absolute favorite STEM challenge: an egg drop challenge! In this post you'll see some egg contraptions from this year's egg drop project, as well as some free printable recording sheets to use in the classroom. Be sure to also check out the links to past egg drop challenges!

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Students explore the properties different materials have, and  how these properties make them suitable for a range of purposes.

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Investigate the suitability of materials, systems, components, tools and equipment for a range of purposes (ACTDEK013)

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KS2 Science Materials learning resources for adults, children, parents and teachers.

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This resource explores the processes involved in producing cotton. As students view the slideshow, they will identify and record the steps in a mass production process (the cotton industry), learning about the preparation for the cotton crop; seed planting; irrigation and the efficient use of water by Australian cotton farmers; integrated pest control; harvesting; separating the fibre from the seeds in the cotton gin; exporting cotton from Australia to Asia; combing and spinning cotton fibre; weaving and sewing cotton textiles, including denim; and cotton's use in jeans.

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Plan a sequence of production steps when making designed solutions individually and collaboratively (ACTDEP018)

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Cotton yarn is either knitted or woven into fabric and then sewn into cotton products like clothes, towels, sheets and of course, denim jeans! To make denim, white and blue yarns are woven together into a twill cotton cloth.