Manufacturing Process Teacher Resources

No need to manufacture an excuse for learning about manufacturing. Scholar use an eBook to study manufacturing processes. The textbook covers milling machines, lathe machines, drill presses, bandsaws, surface grinders, heat treating,...

Assemble a great lesson on assembly lines. In the first installment of a nine-part technology/engineering series, future entrepreneurs learn about the manufacturing process, specifically about the assembly line and cycle time. The lesson...

Let's get this all sorted out. The class studies the manufacturing process of coins and sees how sorting in packaging works. Engineering groups design, build, and test a coin sorter. The groups then evaluate the results and present their...

Do your part to make manufacturing more manageable. A capstone project challenges each group to identify and research a manufacturing process for a product. To complete the activity, they create a presentation for business and community...

Introduce your class to the steps that occur in the manufacturing of parts, the assembly, and the testing of a Mars rover. Pupils learn about fabrication techniques and tolerances in the manufacturing process. 

What is a reasonable percent yield in the manufacturing process? Scholars develop a process for producing chalk in the third instructional activity of a six-part series. Then, they must determine the theoretical and percent yield....

Microarray technology has made advances in scientific research possible. Watch as the videos reveal the manufacturing process of these microarrays. One video shows the automated process while another explains the science behind the...

An engineering design lesson plan contains connected activities as a capstone engineering project. The activities revolve around the principle of improving an existing object and designing the manufacturing process in order to do so. The...

Many manufacturing processes require vanadium, though many people have not heard of it. The 23rd video in a series of 118  about chemical elements explores vanadium. It shares multiple samples in different formats including wire, powder,...

StudentsMatch the vocabulary terms in column A with the definitions in column B. Write the letter of the definition in column B in the space next to the terms in column A. Afterwhcich, students Write short answers or fill in the blank to...

Fourth graders explore commercial manufacturing in Ohio using the state's natural resources and investigate products that allow Ohio to participate in domestic and international trade. To enhance the lesson, 4th graders try custom...

Students examine the historical purpose of the forests in Pennsylvania and investigate how the iron manufacturing process works.  In this chemistry lesson students write the chemical formula for making charcoal.

If the shoe  doesn't fit, design a new one. Discovery Education challenges pupils to put the engineering process in action by designing a shoe. Groups design and build a shoe prototype based upon the client constraints outlined in the...

You'll never look at your coffee maker the same way again after viewing a video on reverse engineering that shows the components inside a coffee maker. The narrator explains how each part was made, what material it is made from, and how...

Learners build an abstract meaningless object. In this technology lesson, students draw the plans of the object. They exchange drafts among their classmates and build them.

Students investigate manufacturing waste streams and understand the costs of manufacturing waste disposal. They comprehend the different types of waste streams. Students estimate the amount and types of waste they accumulate during their...

Students explore the life cycle of aluminum cans. In this recycling lesson, students review the manufacturing process and how to make a closed loop cycle. Students also have the opportunity to present what they've learned to others...

In this Boy Scout Textile merit badge worksheet, students complete 4 pages of multiple step, short answer questions in order to earn a merit badge. They look at textiles, compare fabrics, describe the manufacturing process, and define...

Students explore how natural earth materials are processed into a human-made product. They simulate a manufacturing process by making paper. Students review the importance of recycling in preserving our natural earth resources.

Students explore uses of hardwood veneer and the manufacturing process. They view veneer samples and work in groups to answer questions about the process of making veneer. After touring the school to create a list of products made with...

Pupils identify potato chips as a consumer product and investigate what processes are needed to make the chips. They investigate where the potatoes are grown and harvested before being made into chips at a processing plant. They make a...

Inspire environmentally conscious young minds with an exceptional video, which traces the life cycles of three different plastic bottles after they are thrown away and move through the earth with different journeys through a landfill, an...

Middle and high schoolers look at historical photos and analyze some of the changes brought about by the automobile revolution in Arkansas during the 1920's. The book, A Journey Through Arkansas: Historic U.S. Highway 67, is used for...

Learners discuss rising gas prices, then read a news article about how the increase in fuel cost may affect other prices. In this economics and current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article with a discussion and vocabulary...