Sail Car Engineering Collaboration

Sail Car Engineering: University School & CUAI Collaborate

Students in University School's 2nd grade classroom participated in an engineering design challenge that integrated science and math. Students designed and tested sail cars using simple materials and used line plots to organize their data and evaluate the strengths and weakness of their design solutions.

After testing, students summarized their results using the Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning Framework. Eric Dunlap, a pre-service teacher in Elementary Education, designed the integrated project as a part of the coursework for STEM Content for Elementary Educators. Dunlap collaborated with Kelli Barnett (University School), Ryan Nivens (CUAI), and Laura Robertson (CUAI) to implement the project at University School. The collaborators have submitted a manuscript based on the project to the journal Science and Children.