Grades 1-5. (Grade 3)
Transportation 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 The Attraction is Obvious: Designing Maglev Systems, students explore magnetism and its applications in engineering. The unit begins with the storybook Hikaru’s Toy Troubles, in which a boy named Hikaru living in Japan explores the field of Transportation Engineering in order to design a special attraction for his family’s struggling toy store. Over the course of the unit, students analyze the design of transportation systems, investigate the properties of magnets, and build model toys that use magnets. Like Hikaru, students then follow the steps of the Engineering Design Process to imagine, plan, create, and improve their own magnetic levitation transportation system.

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

Check out the Curriculum:  The Attraction is Obvious: Designing Maglev Systems