MindLabs: Energy & Circuits
This curriculum gives elementary students hands-on STEM learning that is easy to learn and use, even for beginners! The guided engineering challenges teach energy and circuits concepts while the open-ended design space provides a venue for collaborative projects even for remote learners. This approach empowers educators with an intuitive platform and engaging content developed in collaboration with researchers at the INSPIRE center of Purdue University.
Grade Level: Elementary
Subject: STEM
Student Collection Files
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Teacher Collection Files
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Activities
01) Lesson 1: Atom's Energetic Escape
Students are introduced to Atom, Anne, Dr. Pixel, and Dr. Stonebreaker; the characters who will teach students about energy and circuits in subsequent lessons. In this lesson, students begin learning about energy, what forms it can take and how it can be stored, through an augmented reality (AR) experience.
02) Lesson 2: Energy Transforms
Students learn about different forms of energy and how they can transform. Students learn what electricity is and then create a simple circuit using a AA battery and light bulb, through an augmented reality (AR) experience.
03) Lesson 3: Circuit Connections
Students learn how to troubleshoot and how to apply troubleshooting to open circuits.
04) Lesson 4: Beware the Short!
Students learn about short circuits and how to apply troubleshooting to short circuits.
05) Lesson 5: Design to Save the World!
Students will continue creating circuits using augmented reality, through a defined engineering design process.
