Apocalypse Machines

Students have chosen their groups for the upcoming Apocalypse Machines project.

In the Apocalypse Machines project, students are given a scenario. They have become leaders of a colony, attempting to survive a fantastical apocalypse (zombies, radiation, etc.). The students, using their understanding of gears and mechanisms, will need to build different survival machines for their colony that will either focus on medicine, survival, science, or defense. The challenge is for them to create enough machines to make it through the apocalypse!

This scenario helps the students bridge the gap between creating, and designing. Previously, the students have been using the pieces to create mechanisms from pictures. Now, students will be creating and following their own designs for these machines. It’s challenging – sure. But the students are up for the challenge!

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