Engineering is Elementary® | EiE Unit Overviews

EiE Unit Overviews

The Engineering is Elementary® project has produced 20 curricular units. The table below describes the units' focal science and engineering fields, the storybook title, and the country in which the unit is set, and the grade level for which the units were written. (See the How to Use EiE page for more information on modifications for using the units in different grade levels.)

Available Titles

Unit Title	Science Topic	Engineering Field	Storybook (Setting)	Grade Level (A = Advanced Grades 3-5, B = Basic Grades 1-2)
Catching the Wind: Designing Windmills	Wind & Weather	Mechanical	Leif Catches the Wind (Denmark)	B
Water, Water Everywhere: Designing Water Filters	Water	Environmental	Saving Salila's Turtle (India)	A
A Sticky Situation: Designing Walls	Earth Materials	Materials	Yi Min's Great Wall (China)	B
To Get to the Other Side: Designing Bridges	Balances & Forces	Civil	Javier Builds a Bridge (USA - Latino)	B
Marvelous Machines: Making Work Easier	Simple Machines	Industrial	Aisha Makes Work Easier (USA - African American)	A
Sounds like Fun: Seeing Animal Sounds	Sound	Acoustical	Kwame's Sound (Ghana)	A
The Best of Bugs: Designing Hand Pollinators	Insects/Plants	Agricultural	Mariana Becomes a Butterfly (Dominican Republic)	B
Just Passing Through: Designing Model Membranes	Organisms	Bioengineering	Juan Daniel's Fútbol Frog (El Salvador)	A
An Alarming Idea: Designing Alarm Circuits	Electricity	Electrical	A Reminder for Emily (Australia)	A
A Work in Process: Improving a Play Dough Process	Solids & Liquids	Chemical	Michelle's MVP Award (Canada)	B
A Stick in the Mud: Evaluating a Landscape	Landforms	Geotechnical	Suman Crosses the Karnali River (Nepal)	A
Thinking Inside the Box: Designing a Plant Package	Plants	Package	A Gift From Fadil (Jordan)	A
The Attraction is Obvious: Designing a Maglev System	Magnetism	Transportation	Hikaru's Toy Troubles (Japan)	A
Now You're Cooking: Designing Solar Ovens	Energy	Green	Lerato Cooks Up a Plan (Botswana)	A
A Long Way Down: Designing Parachutes	Astronomy	Aerospace	Paulo's Parachute Mission (Brazil)	A
Solid as a Rock: Replicating an Artifact	Rocks and Minerals	Materials	Galya and Natasha's Rocky Adventure (Russia)	A
A Slick Solution: Cleaning an Oil Spill	Ecosystems	Environmental	Tehya's Pollution Solution (USA - Native American)	A
Taking the Plunge: Designing Submersibles	Sinking and Floating	Ocean	Despina Makes a Splash (Greece)	A
Lighten Up: Designing Lighting Systems	Light	Optical	Omar's Time to Shine (Egypt)	A
No Bones About It: Designing Knee Braces	Human Body	Biomedical	Erik's Unexpected Twist (Germany)	A

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