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- 6th - 8th
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Students analyze how groundwater flows and how it is a useful water resource for drinking water. They describe an aquifer and how engineers study groundwater. They write a persuasive letter to a community member explaining the dangers of pollutants on aquifers. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine the factors the affect water quality, and allow for animals and plants to live. They look at how engineers apply water quality information when making stream modifications in order to ensure drinking water quality. They complete two activities that investigate life in different water qualities. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students discuss the blood vascular system, heart, prosthetic heart valves, and biomedical engineering. They listen to a teacher-led lecture and view images, discuss fun facts, and answer discussion questions related to the lecture. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Studentsare introduced to the various methods developed by environmental engineers for treating drinking water in the United States. In an Associated Activity, students design ways to treat water and clean up a glass of muddy water enough that it may be consumed. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students investigate how engineers design methods of removing particulate matter from industrial sources to minimize negative effects of air pollution. In small groups they design and construct a filter with the goal of removing pepper from an air stream without blocking more than fifty percent of the air. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students investigate major landforms (e.g., mountains, rivers, plains, hills, oceans and plateaus). They build a three-dimensional model of a landscape depicting several of these landforms. Once they have built their model, they act as civil and transportation engineers to build a road through the landscape they have created. The groups give a class presentation in which they present the concepts they covered their project. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students experiment by creating an oil spill and trying a number of clean up methods. They determine which methods are the least costly and most effective. They role play as an environmental engineer and as an oil company owner who must be responsible for a spill clean up. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students develop an understanding of how engineers use wind to generate electricity. They will build a model anemometer to better understand and measure wind speed. They discover that engineers design wind turbines that generate electricity by considering the Earth's surface, wind direction, average outside temperature, the impact by and on birds and insects, and the extreme forces on the turbine. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students engage in a lesson that is associated with the development of plastic over the past century. They conduct research using a variety of resources focusing upon the innovations that were made in the field of engineering plastics. Full Review »
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- 11th - 12th
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Students comprehend that engineering is the application of physics principles to everyday life. They comprehend the relationship between science and engineering by investigating a variety of engineering applications. Students produce papers, videos, computer presentations and elementary science lessons on engineering principles. Full Review »

