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- 6th - 12th
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Students share opinions about the criteria they consider important in an online search engine. Using Google and Yahoo, they investigate various subjects and compare their search results. To synthesize their findings, students prepare recommendations. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine the historical and structural benefits of towers used in a variety of structures. They build three types of towers, engineering them to hold an egg one foot high for fifteen seconds. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students explore the concept of triangulation that is used in navigation satellites and global positioning systems designed by engineers. They determine ways these technologies can help people determine their position or the location of someone else. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students investigate how engineers use different types of bridges for different places. In small groups they design and construct bridges for three different scenarios, and answer a series of investigating questions applied to the construction of their bridges. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students design a web that shows the interactions between the living and non-living parts of the environment. They determine what an environment is and how engineers work together to solve problems. They complete a tally chart that they use to create an environmental interactions graph. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine porosity and permeability and relate these concepts to groundwater flow. They use simple materials to conduct a porosity experiment and use the information to understand how environmental engineers decide on the placement and treatment of a drinking water well. They recommend sites for drinking water wells based on porosity and permeabilit and explain why engineers need to measure the porosity and permeability of different soils. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students identify different opinions related to an issue as well as the things that influence those opinions. They analyze how engineers use an opinion spectrum to identify the differences of opinions in a large group to investigate how a community feels about a new structure being built in their town. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine how environmental engineers determine possible sites for drinking water wells. They listen to a teacher led-lecture, and create their own groundwater well model using a coffee can and wire screening, observing how adding red food coloring to their model demonstrates how a pollutant can migrate through groundwater into a drinking water source. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students explore how engineers transform wind energy into electrical energy by building their own miniature wind turbines and measuring the electrical current it produces. They see how design and position affect the electrical energy production. Some excellent attachments to this plan will guide the groups of students through the design of their wind turbines. Full Review »
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- 7th - 10th
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Students research websites, collaborate with earthquake engineers and scientists, and utilize literary resources to discover the theories behind earthquake engineering. They compare various structures created in earthquake engineering. Students analyze failed structures for their shortcomings. They use research to state the common causes of earthquake damage in buildings. Full Review »
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