Lesson Overview:

Students will be working in groups to create a 3-d printed drone pollination applicator that can be used to pollinate flowers.  They will also develop a product and use a persuasive Shark Tank style presentation to try and convince a panel of community partners that their design should be the one to be commercially developed.  Content includes design thinking, decision matrix, and forces.

Age Level or Subject:

• Grade 9-12 / Physics I / Principles of Engineering

Lesson or Unit Objectives:

Students will be able to:

• Identify forces on objects
• Determine how unbalanced forces affect motion
• Utilize a decision matrix for design problems.

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