EiE: Designing Lighting Systems - set 1 (1 box) Due 5/3/2024

Optical engineers design all kinds of devices that use light to do something useful—from lasers and telescopes to fiber-optic communication systems. In the storybook that introduces this unit, an Egyptian boy uses what he learns from optical engineers working inside ancient tombs to develop an ingenious system for lighting the dancers in a school performance. This unit gets students thinking like optical engineers as they explore how light interacts with different materials. They’ll use what they’ve learned about the properties of light as they design a system to illuminate hieroglyphics in a model tomb. Download a unit preview to further explore this teacher guide and storybook.

Engineering is Elementary Unit Components

Enineering is Elementary units consist of three components: teacher guides, storybooks, and materials kits. Teacher guides include four detailed lesson plans, one context-setting storybook, background content, teacher tips, suggestions for English Learner differentiation and grade level adaptation, and duplication masters for student handouts and assessments. Find additional unit-specific resources below to enhance student learning with Spanish translations, content area connections, standards alignment, extension lessons, classroom videos, and more!