Up your students’ knowledge and skills with this Design Challenge. Filled with fun, easy-to-use resources, this box has everything students need to engage, create, and investigate. 

Emergency Solar Water Heater Design Challenge Overview
With this fun-filled box, students design, construct, and test an inexpensive but effective crash cushion that will help keep people safe during a head-on collision regardless of the vehicle they drive. The crash cushion must reduce the force acting on a moving vehicle during a head-on collision with a pillar by at least 80%.

Who It’s For:

Designed for middle school students in 6th - 8th grades. Using the Argument-Driven Inquiry instructional model, students will investigate  force, motion, and interactions  as well as systems and system models.

Standards Alignment

More details

• Six sets of high-quality materials for designing a crash cushion.
• Serves up to 24 students working in small groups.
• Designed for 6th - 8th grade students.
• Can be used for STEM Camps, engineering and science classes, after-school programs, and more.
• Takes approximately 12 hours to complete, but it remains flexible to your group's needs.
• All student handouts and teacher notes are found in the ADI Learning Hub. Access your free account here.