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- 4th
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Students participate in activities to examine how simple machines help build things. They identify the six types of simple machines. They discover how simple machines where use historically to build pyramids and how they are still used in building skyscrapers today. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students examine the significance of communication in an engineer's life. They develop a list of ways engineers communicate with others, and write a book, newspaper, or story about engineers' role in the environment. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students explore the engineering design process. They discuss the design process steps, select a design and develop a brochure or poster for the design, and construct and test the designed product. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explore genetic engineering and it biological and ethical implications. By conducting experiments with genetically engineered corn and plain corn they determine the difference in taste. Students also discover the effects of herbicides by planting two group of soybeans, one sprayed and the other to left to grow naturally. Full Review »
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- 8th - 9th
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Students review the aspects of human clothing and the moral issues associated with it. Individually, they keep a list of the articles related to this issue and research issues related to the ethic issues people are concerned with. In groups, they participate in a debate which they state their argument on the right to privacy in issues associated with cloning and genetic engineering. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students examine and describe the six main simple machines. In groups, they work with an inclined plane to calculate the ideal and actual mechanical advantages of the plane. Using their results, they must determine the effiency of the plane and discuss how it can be improved. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students examine interactions within the environment and environmental engineering careers. They discuss and view photos of natural and manmade environments, explore various websites, create a web to identify interactions between living and non-living parts of an environment, and analyze a Moebius strip. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students analyze how medical devices that help the human body function. They work in pairs or groups to draw multiple views of the medical device and describe how engineering is used by biomedial engineers. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students identify several sources of contaminants to groundwater. They discuss the movement of possible contaminants through that groundwater from outside sources. They describe how environmental engineers analyze contaminants to identify placement of drinking water wells. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students examine the discipline of biomedical engineering or bioengineering. They complete worksheets by participating in reading background information and completing a hands on activity. They design a prototype of a cast to set a broken bone. Full Review »

