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A Century of Plastics
Lesson Focus: Lesson focuses on how plastics of all sorts have been engineered in to everyday products over the past century, with emphasis on materials selection and engineering.
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Ages 8-18
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Adaptive Device Design
Lesson Focus: Lesson focuses on the engineering of adaptive or assistive devices, such as prosthetic devices, wheelchairs, eyeglasses, grab bars, hearing aids, lifts, or braces.
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Ages 8-18
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Design and Build a Better Candy Bag
Lesson Focus: Demonstrate how product design differences can affect the success of a final product -- in this case a bag for holding candy. Students work in pairs to evaluate, design, and build a better candy bag.
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Ages 8-18
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Build Your Own Robot Arm
Lesson Focus: Develop a robot arm using common materials. Students will explore design, construction, teamwork, and materials selection and use.
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Ages 8-18
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Clipper Creations
Lesson Focus: Develop a working model of a nail clipper.
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Ages 8-18
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Cracking the Code
Lesson Focus: Lesson focuses on how computerized barcodes have improved efficiency in product distribution; explores the barcoding process and engineering design.
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Ages 8-18
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Critical Load
Lesson Focus: Lesson focuses on issues civil engineers face, including critical load and how to reinforce the design of a structure to hold more weight.
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Ages 8-14
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EEEEK- A Mouse!
Lesson Focus: Lesson focuses on computer and mechanical engineering and explores how computer mice operate and how engineering provided an interface between man and machine.
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Ages 8-18
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Electric Switches
Lesson Focus: Demonstrate how electric circuits can be controlled with a simple switch. Note: This lesson plan is designed for classroom use only, with supervision by a teacher familiar with electrical and electronic concepts.
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Ages 8-11
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Electric Messages: Then and Now
Lesson Focus: Lesson focuses on exploring electric message systems, from light signals using International Morse Code to text messaging. Students construct a simple telegraph using a battery, wires, a switch, and bulb, and explore the impact of communications on society.
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Ages 8-14
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TryEngineering offers a variety of lesson plans that align with education standards to allow teachers and students to apply engineering principles in the classroom. The matrix below will allow you to select a lesson that will be age and content appropriate for your classroom.
