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Engineering is…

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Engineering is … making things and making things better Through That’s Engineering series of stories, explore the ideas and activities that engineers use, learn about the Engineering Design Process and solve real problems working with others in person and online. Stories are online resources, videos, puzzles, and real world problems. Explore and think about the challenge questions. Do some investigation. Then share your ideas, resources and questions in the online conversations as comments, blog posts, even podcast or movies. So come along and join in. Start where ever you like. Read the story. Check out the resources we found. Think … Continue reading Engineering is…

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Trap Water with Holes

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You can keep water inside a glass by covering the top of the glass with a piece of cardboard full of holes! To trap water with holes you need: a glass water thin cardboard thumbtack or small sharp nail Directions: Poke lots of holes into the cardboard with a thumbtack or nail. Fill the glass with water until it is over-flowing. Press the cardboard over the top of the glass until water squishes through the holes. While still pressing the cardboard over the top of the glass, turn the glass upside down. Take away your hand. The cardboard sticks to … Continue reading Trap Water with Holes

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Tippy Tap Hand Washer

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http://teachers.egfi-k12.org/tippy-tap-hand-washer In this service-learning activity, student teams will learn the basic principles of fluid dynamics as well as how engineers improve society by designing a prototype system to pipe water from a storage tank to a simple hand-washing station called a Tippy Tap. These inexpensive, homemade devices are used extensively in the developing world, but because they must be manually refilled with water, they are of limited use in high-traffic areas. 2019.4.2 The students brainstormed, chose their first engineering design project and completed the pre-requisites on the engineering design process for the Tippy Tap Hand-Washer. Students have purposed that this … Continue reading Tippy Tap Hand Washer

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Spy with a Periscope

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Peek around corners without being seen. A periscope allows you to look almost anywhere while hiding behind walls, furniture, doors – wherever. To make a periscope you need: a one liter milk carton scissors two small rectangular purse-sized mirrors masking tape Directions: Cut the pointed end off the carton. Cut a 7 cm square from one side at the open end of the carton, near the top. Tape your cut out square to where the spout was to make a flat top. Tape a mirror inside the hole at a 45 degree angle, the reflective side facing the bottom of … Continue reading Spy with a Periscope

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2019 wk.10

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From video game to day job: How ‘SimCity’ inspired a generation of city planners – Los Angeles Times the games have introduced millions of players to the joys and frustrations of zoning, street grids and infrastructure funding — and influenced … Continue reading 2019 wk.10