Under Construction: Building Careers

This exhibit showcases the green technology used in the Sustainability Institute Hall (home of the Golisano Institute for Sustainability) building at RIT– from start to finish. It also highlights the careers necessary to complete the project.

Subjects: Physical Sciences, Technology & Applications of Science
Program Type: Permanent Exhibition
Supporting Curriculum Materials:

Educator Guide
Activity Guide: PreK-2
Activity Guide: Grades 3-5 

NYS Standards:

• Kindergarten
  Weather and Climate: PS3.B
  Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems: Animals, Plants, and Their Environment: ESS3.C, ESS3.A
• 3rd Grade
  Engineering & Design: ETS1-2, ETS1.A, ETS1.C
  Forces and Interactions: PS2.B
• 4th Grade
  Energy: PS3.A, PS3-2, PS3.D, PS3.B
  Engineering & Design: ETS1-2, ETS1.A, ETS1.C
  Earth Systems: Processes that Shape the Earth: ESS3.A
• 5th Grade
  Space Systems: Stars and the Solar System: PS2-1, PS2.B
  Engineering & Design: ETS1-2, ETS1.A, ETS1.C
  Structures and Properties of Matter: PS1.B
  Earth’s Systems: ESS3.C
• 6th Grade - 8th Grade
  Energy: PS3-6, PS3.B
  Structure and Properties of Matter: PS1.A
• 9th Grade - 12th Grade
  Engineering & Design: ETS1-3, ETS1.A, ETS1.B
  Energy: PS3.D, PS3.B, PS3.A
  Human Sustainability: ESS3.A, ESS3.C

NGSS Keywords: Physical Sciences, Forces, Engineering & Design, Energy, Earth Systems, States of Matter

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