<p>Alignment to Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills</p><p>Failure: Seeds of Innovation Lesson focuses on how failure is part of the engineering process. Students work in teams and learn about many inventions and advances in engineering were brought about after a mistake or failure. Students research an example of such an innovation and develop a presentation related to how the tenacity of the engineer allowed him or her to move past a failure and into the realm of innovation. Students reflect on the value of moving on after a failure or setback, present the results of their research to the class, and provide examples of how the innovation they researched has impacted society -- only because the engineer didn't give up.</p><p>Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Chemistry Physics Strand: Scientific Investigation and Reasoning 3.B Communicate 3.B Communicate and apply scientific and apply scientific information information extracted extracted from from various sources various sources such as current such as current events, news events, news reports, published reports, published journal articles and journal articles and marketing materials. marketing materials. 3.D Connect grade 3.D Connect 3.D Connect grade- 3.D Relate the 3.D Relate the impact 3.D Relate the 3.D Evaluate the 3.D Explain the level appropriate grade-level level appropriate impact of research of research on impact of research impact of research impacts of the science concepts appropriate science science concepts with on scientific scientific thought and on scientific thought on scientific thought, scientific with the history of concepts with the the history of science, thought and society, including and society including society, and the contributions of a science, science history of science, science careers, and society including history of science and the history of science environment. variety of historical careers and science careers, contributions of the history of contributions of and contributions of and contemporary contributions of and contributions of scientists. science and scientists as related to scientists as related scientists on scientists. scientists. contributions of the content. to the content. scientific thought and scientists as society. related to the content. 3.E Describe the 3.E Research and connection between describe the chemistry and future connections between careers. physics and future careers.</p><p>1</p><p>Alignment provided by Harris County Department of Education (www.hcde-texas.org). </p>