agricultural and biological

Autumn cultivation Agricultural and Biological engineering, two closely integrated disciplines are often called biological systems (biosystems), bioresources, or natural resources…

algorithm

Ada Lovelace portrait circa 1840 What is an algorithm? – Informally, an algorithm is any well-defined computational procedure that takes…

airships and blimps

Sept. 5, 2002 “Spirit of America” with other 3 Goodyear blimps Airships, Dirigibles, Zeppelins, & Blimps: What’s the Difference? –…

algae biofuel

Botryococcus braunii Algae – large and diverse group of simple, typically autotrophic organisms, ranging from unicellular to multicellular forms. Most…

NASA Summer of Innovation

3.2.1. Liftoff Educator Guide NASA Summer of Innovation SOI Engineering – Grade 7-9 – Aeronautics, Challenges, Design Process, Exploration, Robotics,…

aircraft inspection and repair

FAA – Federal Aviation Administration – a branch of the U.S. government responsible for all things aviation The FAA provides…

Alaskan pipeline

external image Alaska_Pipeline.jpg The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System was the largest private construction project of its time. The pipeline is 800…

aircraft carrier

170408-N-KU586-0043 Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) – On Saturday, November 9, 2013, Newport News Shipbuilding christened the United States’ newest…

air conditioner

Outside air conditioner Air Conditioner – In order to keep ink from running at a Brooklyn printing shop, young engineer…

aerospace

Wright Flyer III (1905) Aerospace Engineering involves the design and construction of planes and space shuttles. Aeronautical engineering covers craft…

Bernoulli effect

Bernoulli’s bubbles When you increase the pressure under a bubble, it will remain aloft. When you decrease the pressure over…

copyright

What Copyright Licensing Arrangements Does Engineering4Kids Use? Engineering4Kids subscribes to the free cultural works definition and we only permit licenses…

how gliders fly

GliderForces How gliders fly What makes it fly? What forces act upon an airplane in flight? Study the forces acting…

activities

Make, imagine, innovate – Ideas, suggestion, construction information, guidelines for making stuff. Many don’t need adults to help once you…

aerodynamics

Airplane vortex Aerodynamics, the study of gases in motion Aerodynamics is the way objects move through air. The rules of…