http://blogs.asee.org/goengineering Blog about the growing role of engineering in K-12 education. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:19:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en (From Teachengineering.org) Grade Level: 10 (9-11) Group Size: 3 Time Required: 45 minutes. Expendable Cost Per Group: US$ 5 Summary: In this activity, students examine how different balls react when colliding with different surfaces. Also, they will have plenty of opportunity to learn how to calculate momentum and understand ... http://blogs.asee.org/goengineering/class-activity-bounce/ (From Teachengineering.org) Grade Level: 6 (5-7) Group Size: 1 Time Required: 50 minutes Summary: Students write a biographical sketch of an artist or athlete who lives on the edge, riding the gravity wave, to better understand how these artists and athletes work with gravity and manage risk. Note: The literacy activities for ... http://blogs.asee.org/goengineering/report-writing-athletes-and-gravity/ (From Teachengineering.org) Grade Level: 9 (9-11) Group Size: 2 Time Required: 120 minutes Expendable Cost Per Group: US$13 (The breadboards, wires, wire strippers, resistors and multimeters can be re-used.)  Summary: Students investigate circuits and their components by building a basic thermostat. They learn why key parts are necessary for the circuit to function, and alter ... http://blogs.asee.org/goengineering/class-activity-design-a-thermostat/ (from www.teachengineering.org) Grade Level: 4 (3-5) Group Size: 3 Time Required: 45 minutes Expendable Cost Per Group: US$ .50 Summary: In this activity, students learn about their heart rate and different ways it can be measured. Students construct a simple measurement device using clay and a toothpick, and then use this device to measure ... http://blogs.asee.org/goengineering/class-activity-the-beat-goes-on/ Grade Level: 7 (6-8) Time Required: 60 minutes (30 minutes for construction, 30 minutes for testing and classroom discussion/journal writing). Summary: After a discussion about what a parachute is and how it works, students will create a parachute using different materials that they think will work best. The students will test their designs, ... http://blogs.asee.org/goengineering/design-a-parachute/ Grade Level: 6 (5-8) Group Size: 1 Time Required: 100 minutes One 50-minute class period to introduce concepts; homework time to write journal and blogs; additional class time to prepare the play. Summary: Students read news reports and first-person accounts to imagine what it would be like to be in a blackout in a ... http://blogs.asee.org/goengineering/blackout/ Grade Level: 7 (6-8) Summary: Students will build a wire circuit and pass a paperclip through the maze, trying not to touch the wire. Touching the wire with the paperclip will cause the circuit to close, which will activate the indicator. ????????Engineering Connection: We use circuits every day in household appliances from ... http://blogs.asee.org/goengineering/2008-asee-workshop-on-k-12-engineering-education/ Grade Level: 4 (3-5) Group Size: 2 Time Required: 50 minutes Summary: In this scenario-based activity, students design ways to either clean a water source or find a new water source, depending on given hypothetical family scenarios. They act as engineers to draw and write about what they could do to provide water ... http://blogs.asee.org/goengineering/what-happened-to-the-water-designing-ways-to-get-and-clean-water/ Grade Level: 7 (6-8) Group Size: 4 Time Required: 90 minutes Summary: During this activity, students will learn how environmental engineers monitor water quality in resource use and design. They will employ environmental indicators to assess the water quality of a nearby stream. Students will make general observations of water quality as well ... http://blogs.asee.org/goengineering/stream-consciousness/ Grade Level: 6 (5-8) Group Size: 3 Time Required: 1 hours Summary: Students learn a simple technique for quantifying the amount of photosynthesis that occurs in a given period of time, using a common water plant (Elodea). They can use this technique to compare the amounts of photosynthesis that occur under conditions of ... http://blogs.asee.org/goengineering/bubbling-plants/