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- 6th - 12th
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Students design, build, and test a model of a free-standing structure used to support overhead road signs. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students review the engineering design process and discuss a variety of windmills, focusing on the different materials used in the construction and the type of work each windmill does and they use simple materials to build their own windmills. 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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- 6th - 8th
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Students design and build a Rube Goldberg machine that will accomplish a simple task in no less than ten steps. Full Review »
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- 5th - 7th
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Students work together to create pop-up books with engineering themes. They discover the concept of applied forces and the engineering design process. They share their books with the class. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students design, build and test a device that allows a person to store headphones for a portable music device without the wires getting tangled. They follow a determined engineering design process and then vote on the presented solutions to choose the best of the class. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students apply the mechanical advantages and problem-solving capabilities of six types of simple machines (wedge, wheel and axle, lever, inclined plane, screw, pulley) as they discuss modern structures in the spirit of the engineers and builders of the great pyramids. While studying the steps of the engineering design process, students practice teamwork, creativity and problem solving. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students are introduced to the design process used in engineering. They compare and contrast this process with the steps followed in the scientific method. Students then participate in a brainstorming session that asks them to design a process that moves everyone from the class to the playground without touching the ground. Full Review »
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- 6th - 10th
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Students investigate the engineering design process and the relationship between distance, time, and speed. Using a generic car base, small groups design a device that will protect an egg on or in the car as it is rolled down a ramp at increasing slopes. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students build three types of towers, engineering them to hold an egg one foot high for 15 seconds. They discover that engineering designs are subject to constraints such as time, money and size specifications. In this activity students have to design and construct a tower with two of these constraints. Full Review »
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