Grades 1-5
Green Engineering                         Physical Sciences

Boston Museum of Science offers the "Engineering is Elementary" (EiE) curriculum. This curriculum is a dynamic and evolving program designed to introduce elementary school students to the field of engineering through engaging and hands-on activities, fostering their problem-solving and critical thinking skills.

In Now You're Cooking: Designing Solar Ovens, students learn how engineers use their knowledge of energy transfer to design solutions for using energy without harming the environment. The unit begins with the storybook Lerato Cooks Up a Plan, in which a girl named Lerato living in Botswana explores the field of Green Engineering in order to build a solar oven to cook food for her family. Students explore product life cycles and the environmental impact of products. They then collect and analyze data to compare how different materials perform as thermal insulators and conductors. Like Lerato, students then follow the steps of the Engineering Design Process to imagine, plan, create, and improve the thermal insulation for their own solar ovens.

Reservation Includes: One Educator Guide, 30 Student Storybooks, and one Materials Kit for 24 learners. 

Together, these components create a high-quality, hands-on STEM learning experience.