Mission: Building Submarines
Explore the cutting-edge world of Naval submarines and uncover the cool methods used to design and build these incredible machines. Curious about welding or casting? You’ll learn all about it! Meet experts like naval architects, marine engineers, and welders who bring submarines to life. Along the way, you’ll explore the latest technologies and refine your own designs to make submarines stealthier, stronger, and more efficient. By the end, you’ll have innovative ideas to share with the Navy’s top program directors. Ready to dive deep and become a young submariner? Let’s start this adventure!
With Learning Blade you can easily integrate STEM, CS, and CTE concepts into a child’s education. Appropriate for grades 5-9, Learning Blade provides Building Submarines and 12 additional missions that contextualize learning and engage all students, including underrepresented and special populations, while reinforcing academic standards. Each of our lessons and resources is indexed so you can see what state standards are being met.
Exploring careers and technologies lessons in the specific contexts of science, math, English and social studies, Learning Blade provides the perfect supplemental materials to integrate STEM, CS, and CTE into core courses or be used as a stand alone program (implemented before school, after school, through the counselors office, and more).
Careers and Technologies Explored
Career Lessons
Engineers
- Meet the Engineers (Social Studies)
- Systems that Work (Math)
- *Pick a Specialty (English)
- Environmental Controls (Science)
- Nuclear Engineers (Video)
Naval Architects
- On the Job with a Naval Architect (English)
- *Math Under the Waves (Math)
- Designing a Submarine (Science)
- A Timeline of Submarine Design (Social Studies)
- Marine Engineers and Naval Architects (Video)
Machinists
- Meet a Machinist (English)
- *Precision in Motion (Math)
- CNC Magic (Science)
- Machining Your Future (Social Studies)
- Machinists (Video)
Quality Control Inspectors
- Meet a Quality Control Inspector (Science)
- Measuring for Submarine Safety (Math)
- Communication During Inspection (English)
- *Failing the Test (Social Studies)
- Fire Prevention and Protection Engineers (Video)
Welders
- *Meet a Welder (Science)
- Numbers in the Heat (Math)
- Communication for Welders (English)
- Forging Futures (Social Studies)
- Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers (Video)
*This lesson is in the Express version of this mission.
Technology Lessons
Additive Manufacturing
- *3D Printing Revolution (Science)
- From Ideas to Print (Math)
- On-Demand Innovation (English)
- Future Tech (Social Studies)
Metals
- *Metal Magic (Science)
- Shaping Metals (Math)
- Wonderful World of Welding (English)
- Safety in Metalworking (Social Studies)
Nondestructive Testing
- Putting Subs to the Test (Science)
- Quality Matters (Math)
- *Tech Spotlight: NDT Techniques (English)
- Learning From Mistakes (Social Studies)
Nuclear Reactors
- *Powering the Deep (Science)
- Inside the Reactor (Math)
- Balancing Act: Dangers and Challenges (English)
- Future Horizons (Social Studies)
Robotics and Automation
- Robots at Work (Science)
- Math in Motion (Math)
- Tech Talk (English)
- *Shaping the Future (Social Studies)
*This lesson is in the Express version of this mission.