E-Fabrication · Unit 01
Material Superpowers
Maker Foundations · Low tech
Today’s challenge
Test how paper, cardboard, fabric, foil, and reused materials bend, fold, join, and carry loads.
Grade 3 focusPicture routines, modeled tool use, two-option sketches, and short spoken evidence statements.
Grade 5 focusStudent-managed roles, measurable criteria, material budgets, and written design decisions.
Success example · inspiration, not a design to copy
Look closely. What makes this successful?
Samples are labeled and compared instead of calling one material “best” for every job.
What to do
- Understand. Read the challenge. Circle the important need, rule, or safety limit.
- Plan. Use the thinking spaces below before you begin making.
- Make. Build, model, code, practice, or investigate carefully with your team.
- Check. Use evidence—not guesses—to decide what worked.
- Improve or explain. Make one useful change or share your strongest conclusion.
Engineer’s thinking
1. What did you notice?
2. What rule, need, or problem matters today?
3. Draw or describe one example.
Evidence check
Show what you learned.
Your teacher will look for: A material-test chart with observations and one evidence-based material choice.
My evidence
My next step
Exit reflection
Today I learned that because .
Next time I will .
How independently did I work?□ I needed coaching□ I worked with my team□ I can teach this skill