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Technology Take-Aparts in 7th & 8th Grade

This week, 7th and 8th graders began a reverse engineering project. Students have chosen an item to take apart to explore its component parts and how it is put together. Throughout their take aparts process, groups are documenting their progress and keeping a Bill of Materials, which is an itemized list of each component part. Students will then use their parts to create an artistic composition and consider how they might redesign their item to improve its effectiveness, efficiency, ethicalness, and beauty.







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