Boeing Fellows develop "5-Part Make It Happen Plans" including hands-on, project-based activities designed to introduce students to the NAE Grand Challenges for Engineering. The five parts of the plan correspond to the five components of the NAE's Grand Challenge Scholars program: research, interdisciplinary, global, service, and entrepreneurial.
Public school students who participate in the program thus receive an integrated, comprehensive look at what it takes to solve engineering problems, at home and in other parts of the world. They learn how addressing these issues involve many different subjects they are already studying -- such as math, science, geography, health and history.
Sample 5-Part Make It Happen Plans include:
All the Colors of the … Thermometer
Engineering Grand Challenge covered: Make Solar Energy Economical
Grade levels: 1-4
Fellow contributor: Rebekah Johnston
- 5-Part Plan Form (Word document)
- 5-Part Plan Lesson and Activity Template (Word document)
- 5-Part Plan K12 Standards Mapping Grid (Excel spreadsheet)
- 5-Part Plan Materials List (Excel spreadsheet)
All the Lights
Engineering Grand Challenge covered: Make Solar Energy Economical
Grade levels: 6-8
Contributors: Boeing Grand Challenges K-12 Outreach Fellows: Katharine Krieger, Tory Lang, Amit Vora, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University
- 5-Part Plan Form (Word document)
- 5-Part Plan Lesson and Activity Template (Word document)
- 5-Part Plan K12 Standards Mapping Grid (Excel spreadsheet)
- 5-Part Plan Materials List (Excel spreadsheet)
- Handout copy (JPG)
Bacterial Invasion
Engineering Grand Challenge covered: Engineer Better Medicines/ Engineer the Tools of Scientific Discovery
Grade levels: 6-8
Fellow contributor: Alexa Choy
- 5-Part Plan Form (Word document)
- 5-Part Plan Lesson and Activity Template (Word document)
- 5-Part Plan K12 Standards Mapping Grid (Excel spreadsheet)
- 5-Part Plan Materials List (Excel spreadsheet)
Behind the Black Box
Engineering Grand Challenges covered: Advance Health Informatics, Engineer the Tools of Scientific Discovery
Grade levels: 10-12
Fellow contributor: Max Jin
- 5-Part Plan Form (Word document)
- 5-Part Plan Lesson and Activity Template (Word document)
- 5-Part Plan K12 Standards Mapping Grid (Excel spreadsheet)
- 5-Part Plan Materials List (Excel spreadsheet)
- Presentation (Powerpoint)
- Worksheet (Word document)
Bitter Genetics
Engineering Grand Challenges covered: Engineer Better Medicines, Advance Personalized Learning
Grade levels: 6-12
Fellow contributor: Adam Roth
- 5-Part Plan Form (Word document)
- 5-Part Plan Lesson and Activity Template (Word document)
- 5-Part Plan K12 Standards Mapping Grid (Excel spreadsheet)
- 5-Part Plan Materials List (Excel spreadsheet)
Blowin’ In the Wind
Engineering Grand Challenge covered: Renewable Energy and Solar Energy
Grade levels: 6-8
Contributors: Boeing Grand Challenges K-12 Outreach Fellows: Ife Anyansi, Tugce Capraz, Alexa Choy, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University
- 5-Part Plan Form (Word document)
- 5-Part Plan Lesson and Activity Template (Word document)
- 5-Part Plan K12 Standards Mapping Grid (Excel spreadsheet)
- 5-Part Plan Materials List (Excel spreadsheet)
- 5-Part Plan Data Table (Word document)
- 5-Part Plan Pinwheel Template (PDF)
Can You Handle the Pressure?
Engineering Grand Challenge covered: Engineering Tools of Discovery
Grade levels: 3-5
Fellow contributor: Rebekah Johnston
- 5-Part Plan Form (Word document)
- 5-Part Plan Lesson and Activity Template (Word document)
- 5-Part Plan K12 Standards Mapping Grid (Excel spreadsheet)
- 5-Part Plan Materials List (Excel spreadsheet)
Catapulting into the Air
Engineering Grand Challenge covered: Restore and Improve Urban Infrastructure
Grade level: 7 (6-8)
Fellow contributor: Ifeoma Anyansi
- 5-Part Plan Form (Word document)
- 5-Part Plan Lesson and Activity Template (Word document)
- 5-Part Plan K12 Standards Mapping Grid (Excel spreadsheet)
- 5-Part Plan Materials List (Excel spreadsheet)
- Activity worksheet (Word document)
- Simple Machines Lever activity worksheet (Word document)
Fun with Sterling Engines
Engineering Grand Challenge covered: Making Solar Energy Economical
Grade level: 5
Fellow contributors: Rebekah Johnston, Adam Roth
- 5-Part Plan Form (Word document)
- 5-Part Plan Lesson and Activity Template (Word document)
- 5-Part Plan K12 Standards Mapping Grid (Excel spreadsheet)
- 5-Part Plan Materials List (Excel spreadsheet)
- 5-Part Plan Worksheet (Word document)
Taking Flight with Paper Airplanes!
Engineering Grand Challenge covered: Restore and Improve Urban Infrastructure
Grade levels: 6-7
Contributors: Boeing Grand Challenges K-12 Outreach Fellows: Debbie Chi, Kushal Seetharam, Rebekah Johnston, Caroline Taylor, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University
- 5-Part Plan Form (Word document)
- 5-Part Plan Lesson and Activity Template (Word document)
- 5-Part Plan K12 Standards Mapping Grid (Excel spreadsheet)
- 5-Part Plan Materials List (Excel spreadsheet)
- 5-Part Plan Plane Designs (PDF)
- Airplanes worksheet (Word document)
Weather or Not?
Engineering Grand Challenge covered: Advance Personalized Learning, Restore and Improve Urban Infrastructure
Grade levels: 4-6
Fellow contributors: Rebekah Johnston, Adam Roth, Max Jin, Kevin Nikolaus
- 5-Part Plan Form (Word document)
- 5-Part Plan Lesson and Activity Template (Word document)
- 5-Part Plan K12 Standards Mapping Grid (Excel spreadsheet)
- 5-Part Plan Materials List (Excel spreadsheet)