Insulated Medicine Carrier Design Activity

Grade level: 7
Time required: 4 class periods
Cost: $25 for styrofoam cups. $0 if recycled materials are used.
MA frameworks: Physical science 14, 15, 16

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This is an extension of the Amazon Medicine Carrier activity developed at Tufts University. Students allow their insulated designs to be tested overnight, with the temperature of the interior of the device attenuating to the outside air. Data is logged using LEGO RoboLab devices. Students can interpret graphical representations of data and develop hypotheses concerning design modifications. The original Amazon Medicine Carrier activity was developed by the Building Math project.

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Link to the extension temperature logging activity.

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RoboLab information at Tufts University - CEEO.