Following the lesson we gave last week, we are going to build a more sophisticated circuits with the students - Propeller launcher. The goals here is to build the propeller launcher that will launch the farthest propeller in a straight line. To start the lesson, we will first review the concepts we learn from last week about the circuits. Then we will start the engineering cycle design-build-test. In the end, we will held a contest on how straight and how far the propeller launchers built by the students are.
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In this lesson, we are going to briefly introduce the students to the world of Electrical engineering with sanp circuits. To have a headstart, we will first give out worksheet on electrical engineering vocabularies. Then, we are going to explore the world of electrical engineering with a couple of key concepts: 1. Resistance; 2. Conductivity; After the concepts are introduced, we will have the students to design their own circuits with the parts provided in Snap circuits.
In this lesson, we will help the students to build their own propeller car. To explore the world of engineering, we will first start the course with the discussion over the design-build-test cycle. Then we will follow the cycle to help the student to build their propeller car. The propeller car have two major requirements to meet: 1. Goes in a straight line; 2. Fast!!!!
In this lesson, we are going to hold a egg drop contest among the students. The goal here is to build a smallest possible container that will protect the egg from highest possible drops. The process of the lesson will be: 1. Introduction: In this part, the instructors will briefly introduce the students to the lesson content; 2. Design: In this part, the students will design their landing device with the guidance of the instructors; 3. Build: The students will build their own device in this part; 4. Contest!
In this quarter, we are going to explore the world of engineering with the students. The first week of lesson will focus on a brief introduction to the idea fo engineering itself. We are going to present the ideas of: 1. Design process; 2. Neccesities for good engineering; After this lesson, we will move on into specific engineering projects.
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