Lesson Plan: Building Deep Sea Tools to Search for Sharks Teeth

Students are completing a unit on sharks. The unit is investigating different types of sharks, concept of sinking and floating and engineering tools that can solve a particular problem. Students will work in teams to solve the problem of retrieving shark teeth from the bottom of a container and conduct research after they have completed their task.

Students will:

  1. Be able to identify which shark their tooth has originated from through research
  2. Be able to measure and compare the different teeth found
  3. Work as an effective member of a team and collaborate to build a tool that can complete the design challenge using the engineering design process

Author: Justin Osterstrom

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