TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Intro to Engineering
Students are introduced to the basic principles behind engineering and the types of engineering while learning about a popular topic - the Olympics. The involvement of engineering in modern sports is amazing and pervasive. Students learn...
BBC
Bbc: Sport's Genetic Engineering Concerns
This article discusses the growing concern that people have with genetic engineering and sports. In the site there are links to other sports stories that deal with the problem of genetic engineering.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Able Sports
This activity focuses on getting the students to think about disabilities and how they can make some aspects of life more difficult. The students are asked to pick a disability and design a new kind of sport for it.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Protect Those Eyes
Students design and build prototypes for protective eyewear. They choose different activities or sports that require protective eyewear and design a device for that particular use. Students learn about the many ways in which the eyes can...
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Yandex Russian Internet Search Portal
Yandex is known as the number one Internet search engine and number one portal in Russia. The main page offers links to various sites grouped under education, culture, sports, society, employment, and others, which in turn have links to...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Flying T Shirts
During this engineering design/build project, students investigate many different solutions to a problem. Their design challenge is to find a way to get school t-shirts up into the stands during home sporting events. They follow the...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Measuring Our Muscles
Student teams build model hand dynamometers used to measure grip strengths of people recovering from sports injuries. They use their models to measure how much force their classmates muscles are capable of producing, and analyze the data...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: What's the Conductivity of Gatorade?
Students use conductivity meters to measure various salt and water solutions, as indicated by the number of LEDs (light emitting diodes) that illuminate on the meter. Students create calibration curves using known amounts of table salt...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Energy of Motion
By taking a look at the energy of motion all around us, students learn about the types of energy and their characteristics. They first learn about the two simplest forms of mechanical energy: kinetic and potential energy, as illustrated...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Thirsty for Gold
Student teams conduct an experiment that uses gold nanoparticles as sensors of chemical agents to determine which of four sports drinks has the most electrolytes. In this way, students are introduced to gold nanoparticles and their...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Do You See What I See?
Young scholars research OCR and OCR techniques and then apply those methods to the design challenge by developing algorithms capable of correctly reading a number on a typical high school sports scoreboard.
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation: Science of Summer Olympics
Using examples of athletes and sports involved in the 2012 Summer Olympics, these 9 videos demonstrate aspects of sports which are influenced by engineering and technology.
Other
Physical Therapy Central
This site contains a great deal of information related to physical therapy and the Physical Therapist career. A search engine for research, educational section, history of physical therapy, and many links are all included in this site.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Projectile Motion
Students are introduced to the concept of projectile motion, of which they are often familiar from life experiences,such as playing sports such as basketball or baseball, even though they may not understand the physics involved. Students...
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Science of Everyday Life: The Everyday Science of Sports [Pdf]
A lesson plan where young scholars learn about the physics behind golf balls. Students evaluate different designs of golf balls to understand how their design impacts their function. After their evaluation, young scholars will try to...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Libraries:industrial Drawings at the Smithsonian: Doodles & Drafts
Drawing is a key element in an inventor's skill set. When it comes to the working out of new ideas, inventors turn to pencil and paper. Mixing art and science, this exhibition site showcases a collection of industrial drawings that...
Read Works
Read Works: Super Bowl
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the changes technology has made in competitive bowling. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
US Senate
Us Senate Committee Commerce, Science and Transportation
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation has jurisdiction over several areas. Come and find out more about this powerful committee by checking out this resource.
Crayola
Crayola: Design Your Dream Stadium
You're are the engineer and architect. Design and build a sports stadium of your dreams.
Read Works
Read Works: The Pool
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about two friends who worked together to cool off on a hot summer day. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.