Engineering Design Science BUNDLE

This second and third grade science bundle includes both printable and digital versions of our Engineering Design unit. It includes eerything you need to teach, practice, investigate, and assess 20 days of NGSS aligned lessons to address science and engineering practices, the engineering design process, biomimicry, structure and function and more. Each lab teaches a step of the engineering design process and builds on the previous lesson. A culminating design project at the end of the unit gives students the opportunity to apply what they have learned.

Students learn:

•  What engineering is
•  Types of engineering
•  Ways engineers develop and use technology
•  Science and engineering practices
•  The engineering design process
•  The purpose of diagrams, blueprints, and prototypes
•  Natural and man-made materials
•  Biomimicry
•  How to develop and improve possible solutions

All of the activities are included in both a printable version and in digital format on Google Slides with narrated audio lessons. Detailed lesson plans, teacher binder, lab investigations and a multitude of lesson support materials are included in the printable version.

With this bundle you have everything you need to seamlessly move between in-person teaching, hybrid classrooms or teaching virtually. The narrated audio lessons make it easy to differentiate for all of your readers and enable your students to listen and learn while working independently at home, or at school. The moveable, interactive digital activities make it easy and engaging for students to practice and apply what they are learning.

Engineering Design activities included

Printable resources

•  Teacher Guide with Unit Overview and 20-day Pacing Guide
• 6 Detailed, step-by-step, scripted lessons
• 6-Lesson Teaching Power Point with extension activity slides after each lesson.
• 6 Hands-on engineering labs/ STEM activities
• Guiding Questions, Learning Target posters, Lesson objective cards
• Full page vocabulary posters
• Full page engineering design process posters
• Student journal with follow-up practice pages for each lesson
• Quick Check/Exit Tickets in 2 formats for each lesson (short written response or fill in the blank)
• Final Assessment with optional pages for differentiation
• Answer keys for all resources
• Unit materials list
• Standards alignment pages
• Related books list
• Video links to support each lesson
• Engineering bulletin board set

Lesson Topic:

Lesson 1: What is Engineering?

Lesson 2: The Engineering Design Process

Lesson 3: Engineers Use Technology

Lesson 4: Natural & Man-Made Materials

Lesson 5: Biomimicry: Engineering Inspired by Nature

Lesson 6: Designing Solutions

Lab Experiments/ Investigations:

Students explore and explain the steps of the engineering design process, identify examples of biomimicry, create diagrams, build models, evaluate designs, and plan and build a solution to a real-world problem.

•  Draw a Blueprint with Measurements
•  Create a Design Manual
•  Evaluate a Design
•  Gather Data & Graph: Natural and Man-Made Materials
•  Build a Model Featuring Biomimicry
•  Design a Wildlife Crossing

Engineering Task Cards in both print and digital

• Reinforce science content as students practice math & literacy skills in these activities:
• Applying vocabulary
• Biomimicry Match
• Math & engineering word problems

Digital resources

• 6-Lesson audio narrated Google Slide teaching presentation, each lesson with 9-17 slides.
• Interactive journal activities for each lesson
• 12 Quick check quizzes in multiple choice and fill in the blank formats
• Differentiated unit test and answer keys for all assessments

Please download the preview for both units to see details and pictures of all resources included in this bundle.

Save on these resources by purchasing the yearlong bundles:

Second Grade Science Bundle

DIGITAL Second Grade Science Bundle