Lesson Plan

Teach Engineering: Engineering in Sports

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Imagining themselves arriving at the Olympic gold medal soccer game in Beijing, young scholars begin to think about how engineering is involved in sports. After a discussion of kinetic and potential energy, an associated hands-on activity gives students an opportunity to explore energy absorbing materials as they try to protect an egg from being crushed.

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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)