Feats and Flops

<p>Make problem solving fun with this award winning research-based curriculum unit!</p><p>Designed to meet the needs of gifted students in grades 6 and up this book will enable you to expertly guide your students through using the engineering design process SCAMPER and a new tool called “My Maker’s Map” to innovate solutions to both hypothetical and personal situations in their own lives. By the end of the unit students will have created a working prototype of their design presented it to a group of judges in a Shark Tank-esque Junior competition filed a mock patent application and conceptualized a marketing campaign. In addition students will participate in various problem-based learning tasks and organize a Maker Fair for their school.</p><p>Standards aligned and full of tips handouts and resources this ready to use curriculum model requires no additional research or prep work and is a must-have for teachers interested in providing an engaging differentiated and hands-on engineering design experience for their students.</p>