Engineering and Computer Science Essentials™ Grade 2
Unit Overview
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Engineering Unit: Designing Hand Pollinators Insects pollinate many kinds of plants. What if the right insects aren’t around to do the work? As an agricultural engineer, what would you do? The storybook Mariana Becomes a Butterfly shows how one girl solves a pollination problem. Learning along with Mariana, students become agricultural engineers who have to solve a real-world challenge. They’ll apply their knowledge of insects, insect life cycles, pollination, and natural systems as they test a variety of materials, then engineer their own technologies for pollinating plants by hand. |
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Computer Science Unit: Creating Animations Because much agricultural engineering work deals with understanding the intricate relationships between living systems and technologies, in the Computer Science unit, students learn about computer animations through activities, discussions, and readings designed to make the computer science concepts relevant for elementary students. Students use the Engineering Design Process to create an animation to communicate an idea about animals. |
Unit Core Program Components
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Grade level |
Engineering Essentials™ Unit |
Computer Science Essentials™ Unit |
Components |
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2 |
Designing Hand Pollinators Available Kit: |
Creating Animations Available Kit: |
Tablet or Chromebook with ScratchJr app |
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