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Teach Engineering: Flying T Shirts

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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 steps of the engineering design process to design and build a usable model, all while keeping costs under budget.

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projectile motion, stem

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engineering design process, mechanical engineering projects, slingshot, t-shirt, trebuchet, integrated teaching and learning program and laboratory, teachengineering, catapult, trebuchets
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Resource Details

Grade
9th - 10th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Activities & Projects
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For Administrator Use
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Lexile Measures
0L

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