Grades 1-5 (Grade 2)
Agricultural Engineering                                           Life 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 Best of Bugs: Designing Hand Pollinators, students explore insects and plants and apply agricultural engineering to solve a pollination problem. The unit begins with the storybook Mariana Becomes a Butterfly, in which a girl named Mariana living in the Dominican Republic explores the field of Agricultural Engineering to figure out why her ohelo plant won’t make berries. Over the course of the unit, students learn about agricultural pest management, the life cycles of plants, and the interdependence of insect pollinators and plants. Like Mariana, students then follow the steps of the Engineering Design Process to imagine, plan, create, and improve their own hand pollinators.

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

Check out the Curriculum:  The Best of Bugs: Designing Hand Pollinators