Posted on August 26th, 2009 by ASEE
Иконописиконописikoni (Provided courtesy of Teachengineering.org, with additional material from National Geographic, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA.) Summary Hurricane season is here, reminding us that accurate weather forecasts can be a matter of life and death in vulnerable coastal areas of the country. Even inland, severe thunderstorms play havoc with late-summer travel, and [...]
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Posted on June 17th, 2009 by ASEE
(Provided courtesy of Teachers’ Domain, WGBH Educational Foundation and WPSU) In this series of lessons for grades 6-8, students first experiment with a virtual solar cooker to discover the mathematical relationship among reflection, transmission and absorption. Then they apply their knowledge to building and testing a solar cooker of their own invention. In an extension, [...]
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Posted on May 20th, 2009 by ASEE
(Provided courtesy of Teachengineering.org) This 50-minute lesson for grades 3-5 introduces the ways that engineers study and harness the wind. Students will learn about the different kinds of winds and how to measure wind direction; how air pressure creates winds, and how engineers build and test wind turbines to harness energy from wind. A separate [...]
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