In 2008, Transformation 2013 worked with master science and math educators to design PBLs for the core math and science areas. These design challenges are rigorous, aligned with CSCOPE and include career connections, 21st Century skills and provide STEM connections. Click on the course to see and download the design challenges.
Click on the Design Challenge Title to view/download the PBL. Click on the presentation link in the abstract to view/download materials.
| Theme |
Design Challenge Title |
Abstract |
CSCOPE Alignment |
Targeted TEKS |
Graphing Motion |
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Students will apply concepts of circular and rotational motion to their design for an amusement park ride.
Circular & Rotational Motion presentation |
1st Six Weeks |
4B |
Kinematics in 1D & 2D Motion |
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Students will apply concepts of circular and rotational motion to their design for an amusement park ride.
Graphing and linear motion presentation
Acceleration lab
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1st Six Weeks |
4A,B |
Kinematics in 1D & 2D Motion |
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Students have been recruited by the Crime Scene Investigation division of their local police department to use their knowledge of projectile motion to solve a crime that took place in the community.
Projectile motion presentation |
1st Six Weeks |
4B |
Newtons Laws of Motion |
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In this design challenge, students will use their knowledge of Newton’s Laws to design and build a bridge capable of supporting a particular amount of weight.
Newton's Laws Free Body Diagrams presentation |
2nd Six Weeks |
4C,D |
Theory & History of Gravity |
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Students will conduct research to explain gravitational theory, applications of gravity in the real world, and speculate what our universe would be like if gravity did not exist.
Gravity presentation |
2nd Six Weeks |
4C 6A,B |
Special Relativity |
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In this design challenge students will create a photography project that demonstrates an application of the concept of special relativity.
Special relativity engage zoom presentation
Special relativity explain presentation
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2nd Six Weeks |
4E, 2D |
Conservation Laws: Work-Energy
Energy Transformations |
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Students will build a Rube Goldberg compound machine and analyze the different types of energy transformations exhibited by their machine.
Energy presentation |
3rd Six Weeks |
5A,B,D |
Momentum & Energy in collisions |
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In this design challenge, students will use their knowledge of momentum and impulse to design and build a car that will successfully protect a passenger (raw egg) in a front end collision.
Momentum presentation |
3rd Six Weeks |
4C, 5C,D |
Thermodynamics |
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In this lesson, students will learn about thermodynamics and how it applies to the world around them. Students will use their knowledge to design a scale model of an energy efficient home for their assigned location.
Thermodynamics presentation |
3rd Six Weeks |
2E,F,D 7A,B |
Electrostatics: Forces, Fields, Energy |
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Students will design an interactive website that teaches electrostatics to their peers.
Electrostatics presentation |
4th Six Weeks |
6B,C,F |
Current Electricity |
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Students will apply their knowledge of current electricity to design circuits for a model home.
Electric Currents and Circuits presentation |
4th Six Weeks |
6E |
Magnetic Fields and Applications
Electromagnetism (induction)
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Students will apply principles of magnetism and electromagnetism to design a model of an environmentally friendly mass transit system.
Magnetism and Electromagnetism presentation |
4th Six Weeks
5th Six Weeks
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6B,D,F |
Waves Properties in General
Waves
(Pressure & Electromagnetics
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Students will apply their knowledge of wave properties and characteristics to develop a communications device that will attract the outside world to an island of stranded travelers.
Waves presentation |
5th Six Weeks
6th Six Weeks
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8A,B,C |
Quantum Mechanical Ideas |
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Students will use their knowledge of quantum physics to design a children’s book that explains a quantum physics topic.
Quantum physics presentation |
6th Six Weeks |
9A,B |
