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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Journey to the Afterlife

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In groups of four, have students design an Egyptian funerary barge to transport the mummy through the underworld to the afterlife. The design of the boat is extremely critical in order for the mummy to have a chance to reach and enter...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Design an Egyptian Playground

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students are broken up into four groups. Each group will use their knowledge about Egypt to originate a playground for Egyptian children. This will involve brainstorming ideas on paper, building a prototype with Legos or other material,...
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A&E Television

History.com: 10 World Engineering Marvels

For Students 9th - 10th
These remarkable feats of design and construction transformed the ways that people travel, communicate and live. For thousands of years, mankind has engineered remarkable structures such as the pyramids of Egypt and the Great Wall of...
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PBS

Pbs: Nova: Lever an Obelisk

For Students 3rd - 8th
Help lift this Obelisk monument by designing a lever to do the job as efficiently as possible.