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Curated OER

#22c Airplane flight #22d Airplane flight--How High? How Fast?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars discuss the application of frames of reference to an airplane flying with a constant velocity v through the air.
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Nasa's Return To Flight: Testing In

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students explain basic components of the space shuttle stack and the chemical fuel makeup and storage used on the external tank of space shuttle. They discuss findings of Columbia mission accident. and the safety improvements that have...
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The Story of the Transistor

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students brainstorm on how certain items have become smaller as technology advances. They watch a video about the history of the transistor.
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Who's Listening?

For Teachers K
Students identify nonverbal signs of attention, and demonstrate skills for interacting with others.
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The Space Shuttle and the Future

For Students 9th - 12th
In this space shuttle worksheet, students review the different facts associated with the space shuttle and the space station. This worksheet has 23 true or false questions.
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Show Me the Money!!!

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students research employment rates in the United States with a focus on broadcast journalists. In this employment rate lesson, students visit the given websites to explore popular states to live in, highest and lowest unemployment rates,...
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Robot Turning Lab

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students design a robot that can turn 90 degrees. In this robotics instructional activity, students explain the applications of their invention. They present their design in class.
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John Fitch: Pioneer Steamboat Inventor

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students explore the transportation revolution brought about through the use of steam power to move boats over water. They practice note taking skills by taking notes from an article.
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Beginning Analogies

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this analogies worksheet, students read the pairs of words and choose the answer that best expresses a relationship similar to the original pair. Students complete 12 examples.
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New Breed of Robots Takes War To the Next Level

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students study an article and answer questions.  In this exploring robots lesson students read an article on military robots and answer questions. 
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University of California

Mechanical Engineering at Uc Berkeley

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the website for the University of California at Berkeley's Department of Mechanical Engineering.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Mechanical Engineering

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the website for the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Other

University of Minnesota Deptartment of Mechanical Engineering

For Students 9th - 10th
Website of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Minnesota. The site has information on degree programs, research, etc.
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Other

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is the homepage of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
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US Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Mechanical Engineers

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the general job functions of mechanical engineers, the industries that hire them and the occupation's employment prospects.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Science Careers: Mechanical Engineering Technician

For Students 9th - 10th
The mechanical engineering technician supports the mechanical engineer in designing all sorts of things we use in our everyday lives. This Science Buddies site lays out the requirements needed to become a mechanical engineering...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Science Careers: Mechanical Engineer

For Students 9th - 10th
All kinds of apparatus used in every day life are designed by the mechanical engineer. The career casts a broad engineering net. This Science Buddies site lays out the requirements needed to become a mechanical engineer, as well as the...
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Columbia University

Columbia University: What Is Mechanical Engineering

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the field of mechanical engineering with a focus on the career areas available to those with a mechanical engineering background or experience.
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Other

The Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the website from the The Institution of Mechanical Engineers for a mechanical engineering professional society in the United Kingdom.
Handout
Career Cornerstone Center

Sloan Career Cornerstone Center: Mechanical Engineering

For Students 9th - 10th
A career in Mechanical Engineering is profiled.Included: Mechanical Engineering overview, Preparation, Day In The Life, Earnings, Employment, Career Path Forecast, Professional Organizations.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Splash, Pop, Fizz: Rube Goldberg Machines

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Refreshed with an understanding of the six simple machines; screw, wedge, pully, incline plane, wheel and axle, and lever, student groups receive materials and an allotted amount of time to act as mechanical engineers to design and...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Python Calculus

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners analyze a cartoon of a Rube Goldberg machine and a Python programming language script to practice engineering analysis. This exercise enables students to see the parallels between a more traditional mechanical engineering design...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Simple Machines

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Through a five-lesson series with five hands-on activities, students are introduced to six simple machines - inclined plane, wedge, screw, lever, pulley, wheel-and-axle - as well as compound machines, which are combinations of two or...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Keep It Moving! From Electrons to Electric Motors

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students act as engineers to apply what they know about how circuits work in electrical/motorized devices to design their own battery-operated model motor vehicles with specific paramaters. They calculate the work done by the vehicles...

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