Infant Incubator: Storylining in Middle School Chemistry

This curriculum is a NGSS unit in which students engineer a solution to the real world problem of providing lifesaving care to pre-mature infants in the developing world by designing an economical incubator that can be deployed in locations without electricity. Students explore many physical science standards in meaningful context that motivates student learning. This curriculum was recently presented at ISTA/ICTM 2019.

ISTA ppt presentation (summary of lesson plan): Presentation

Full Infant Incubator Module: Lesson Plans

For information please contact Joe Muskin: jmuskin@illinois.edu