gears, plastic, LED lights

Cool Jobs | World Science Festival Meet the coolest group of scientists with the weirdest and most fascinating jobs on the planet and beyond. Imagine exploring the Amazon river to dig up a rare breed of leeches, heading into space t… Tracing Fluorescent Plastics in an Aquatic Environment – Activity – TeachEngineering Student teams investigate the migration of small-particle plastic pollution by exposing invertebrates found in water samples from a local lake or river to fluorescent bead fragments in a controlled… Say Yes to Engineering: Overcoming Six Common Fears with Christine Cunningham – YouTube Do you like the idea of including engineering education in the classroom but are overwhelmed by perceived obstacles? Christine Cunningham has worked with hundreds of elementary and middle school ed… Creating Mini Wastewater Treatment Plants – Activity – TeachEngineering Environmental engineers design wastewater treatment plants to clean water before discharging into rivers, streams, lakes and seas. They use a variety of stages and processes to remove solids and co… The Plastisphere: Plastic Migration and Its Impacts – Lesson – TeachEngineering Plastic pollution is a rising concern that demands new research methods to identify and quantify the amount of plastic in our waterways and to observe and measure the impacts of this plastic. Envir… The Great Pacific Garbage Patch – Lesson – TeachEngineering In the case of the GPGP (see Figure 1), environmental engineers and scientists help characterize toxicity of these plastics and formulate understanding about their fate and transport. Also, the eng… Where Are the Plastics Near Me? (Field Trip) – Activity – TeachEngineering Field work is one aspect of environmental engineering. Environmental engineers collect samples of various media for chemical and biological analysis and make observations about the conditions in wh… Home – Future Goals – Hockey Scholar This free STEM sports curriculum provides students the opportunity to develop STEM skills through online, interactive hockey math games, as well as other STEM sports activities. The Future GoalsTM… The Heart of the Matter – Lesson – TeachEngineering Engineers continue to help protect the heart by developing technological devices to repair it. Artificial heart valves made of metal were developed to replace faulty valves (e.g., valves that do no… Who Invented LED or the Light Emitting Diode? LEDs are part of a new family of lighting technologies called solid-state lighting and in a well-designed product; LEDs are basically cool to the touch. Instead of one lightbulb, in an LED lamp the… The History of Fluorescent Lights Arc or vapor lamps work differently (fluorescents fall under this category), the light is not created from heat, the light is created from the chemical reactions that occur when electricity is appl… Dan Flavin, Fluorescent Light Sculpture Artist Dan Flavin’s decision to work solely with fluorescent light bulbs as the medium for the construction of his sculptures makes him unique among major 20th-century artists. He helped define minima… Life of Alexander Calder, Sculptor of Massive Mobiles He was a pioneer of kinetic sculpture or mobiles: works with discreet moving parts. He also created a wide range of monumental metal sculptures that have become practically inextricable from the ci… Alexander Calder | Mobile | The Metropolitan Museum of Art it was the French artist Marcel Duchamp who christened Calder’s hanging sculptures “mobiles.” For works such as this one, Calder cut sheet metal into various shapes and assembled thes… DIY Calder Mobile Instructions | How to Make One for Under $10 | Curbly Iconic mid-century designer Alexander Calder’s background in engineering and mathematics inspired him to make art that was three-dimensional and kinetic. But you don’t need a degree to make you… Mobile Forces – Activity – TeachEngineering When creating a mobile, Alexander Calder balanced all the forces created by the hanging objects. In the construction of buildings or bridges, engineers also balance forces. They make sure their des… Art in Engineering – Moving Art – Lesson – TeachEngineering One of the jobs of an engineer is to learn how to use forces in ways that benefit society. Examples of situations in which forces are important in engineering are designing bridges that can withsta… Paper Engineering & Pop-Ups | Pop-up Books Most people will be familiar with pop-up books from their childhood, but we hope that by browsing this site you will see that pop-ups (or paper engineering) can be used for many types of book. If y… Gears: Lift It Up! – Activity – TeachEngineering gear is a simple machine that is very useful to increase the speed or torque of a wheel. In this activity, students learn about the trade-off between speed and torque when designing gear ratios. Th… What Are Gears and What Do They Do? – Lesson – TeachEngineering an important engineering element—the gear. Different types of gears are used in many engineering devices, including wind-up toys, bicycles, cars and non-digital clocks. Students learn about vario…