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University of Houston

University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: On Making Life Livable

For Students 9th - 10th
Being able to withstand heat and cold is a need shared by rich and poor alike. The author of this speech to the American Society for Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) provides an anecdotal history of climate...
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Other

Engineer Girl: Careers

For Students 9th - 10th
Doesn't an engineer drive a train? Yes, but the career of engineering is so much more! Explore this comprehensive list of all types of engineering careers. Learn what each entails, find out how to plan for them, learn how to set up job...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Design a Recycling Game!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students will design a game where players try to come up with alternative uses for used products. Students will brainstorm ideas for an effective board game format.
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Science for Kids

Science Kids: Science Facts: Engineering Jobs

For Students 6th - 8th
This site explores different types of engineering jobs. Discover 15 branches of engineering within this site.
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University of Houston

University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 381: Civil War Submarine

For Students 9th - 10th
A short discussion about the invention of the submarine and its use by both the Confederates and the Federals in the Civil War. This is a transcript of an accompanying radio broadcast.
Article
University of Houston

University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 1391: The Johnstown Flood

For Students 9th - 10th
The explanation of why the South Fork Creek dam broke causing the famous disaster. This is a transcript of an accompanying radio broadcast.
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University of Houston

University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 954: Moses Austin's Lead

For Students 9th - 10th
An account of the beginning of the American lead industry started by Moses Austin, a Texas pioneer. This is a transcript of an accompanying radio broadcast.
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University of Houston

University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: Thomas Nast

For Students 9th - 10th
Thomas Nast was the first influential American political cartoonist. Read about his transformation from an illustrator of the Civil War to one who took on Boss Tweed and the corruption of Tammany Hall.
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University of Houston

University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 158: Lewis Latimer

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biography of African-American inventor, Lewis Latimer. Read about his association with both Hiram Maxim and Thomas Edison in developing the incandescent light bulb. This is a transcript of an accompanying radio broadcast.
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University of Houston

University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 1499: Domesticating Animals

For Students 9th - 10th
This article names six factors that must exist in order for a species to be domesticated by humans. Includes analysis of diet, growth rate, breeding, personality, disposition, and social structure. This is a transcript of an accompanying...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: A Princess Who Can Tune an Engine

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
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Other

American Society for Engineering Education: E Gfi: Jingle Bell Silencer Challenge

For Teachers K - 1st
Can you muffle the sound of a jingle bell using a variety of Christmas-themed items? Explore your sense of hearing in this simple activity. Includes a video of Gemini astronauts playing Jingle Bells while in space in 1965. [1:22]
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Other

Ahrefs: Google Search Operators: The Complete List (42 Advanced Operators)

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource explains how to use 42 advanced search techniques with Google. The author directs this at people trying to increase traffic to their websites through Search Engine Optimization (SEO). The skills it teaches would be helpful...
Interactive
PBS

Pbs Building Big: The Skyscraper Challenge

For Students 3rd - 8th
A site for all users interested in the engineering behind the building. Site engages users in a job that requires them to investigate troubled buildings and then figure out how to fix them.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Silly Semi Solids

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Groups of students make a polymer out of household items. They then experiment with the polymer to determine its various properties.
Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Computational Science and Engineering I

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures from a course reviewing linear algebra with applications to networks, structures, and estimation. Webpage includes thirty-six lectures from a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Lectures...
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University of Houston

University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 702: Trompe L'oeil

For Students 9th - 10th
A short lecture on trompe l'oeil in art that introduces the concept of realism turned to visual deception in artwork. It explores the great divide in theory between Plato and Aristotle which serves as an epistemological backdrop to the...
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Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese: Wonderful World of Weather: Whichever Way the Wind Blows

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students use the Engineering Design Process to create a windosck that can determine which way the wind is blowing.
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NC State University

The Engineering Place: Germs

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A instructional activity in why it is important to wash your hands so as to prevent the spread of germs.
Lesson Plan
NC State University

The Engineering Place: Silly Stuff

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
An investigation into change of state where students make silly putty.
Lesson Plan
NC State University

The Engineering Place: Leaves

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
An investigation into how water travels through the leaves of a plant.
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University of Houston

University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: The Gentleman's Magazine

For Students 9th - 10th
Introduction from a radio show discussing The Gentleman's Magazine. Provides a brief description of the magazine's content and significance. Also provides a link to the audio of the entire program.
Unit Plan
University of Houston

University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: Slaves and Smallpox

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses Cotton Mather's interest in smallpox, and how he learned about smallpox inoculation from an African servant. Includes quotations from a sermon Mather gave on smallpox.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Make Your Own Recycled Paper

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students will learn about how paper is made. Working together, students will make their own paper. This activity introduces students to recycling; what it is, its importance, and how it affects their lives.

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