Engineering Resources for Teachers of All Levels
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Clipper Creations In this lesson students learn about simple machines. Students design and build a working model of a nail clipper. Explore the basic principles of engineering...
Virtual Reality and Anaglyph Stereoscopic Technology This lesson focuses on virtual reality technologies. These display technologies are based around artificial stereo images, and provide a view...
Getting Your Bearings This lesson explores the concept of friction and shows how ball bearings reduce friction. Students learn about different uses for ball bearings, how...
Try Your Hand at Nano This lesson focuses on two simple activities younger students can do to gain an appreciation of nanotechnology. First, students measure their...
Temperature Tactics Lesson focuses on how thermometers have been impacted by engineering over time, and also how materials engineering has developed temperature sensitive materials. Student teams...
A Question of Balance This lesson focuses on the use of weight scales and measurement by manufacturing engineers. Teams of students are posed with the challenge...
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