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Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Homepage of the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. This site contains information about ongoing research, academics, facilities, faculty, etc. at the university.
City College of New York
City Technology: Fantastic Elastic
Explore engineering technology with this unit. Students will study how to design and execute two types of homemade vehicles using elastic.
TryEngineering
Try Engineering: Engineering Air Traffic
Students work in teams to explore how radar and computer technology is used to provide the necessary data to air traffic controllers. Students become "engineers" as they work to find ways to enhance the current air traffic control system.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Six Minutes of Terror
This lesson discusses how each component of a spacecraft is specifically designed so that a rover can land safely in six minutes. Also, students will learn how common, everyday materials and technology, like nylon, polyester and airbags,...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Flow Rates of Faucets and Rivers
In the Flow Rate Experiment, students perform hands-on experiments with a common faucet, as well as work with the Engineering Our Water Living Lab (accessible through TeachEngineering.com) to gain a better understanding of flow rate and...
TryEngineering
Try Engineering: Can You Copperplate?
Chemical engineering lesson investigates the processes of chemical plating and electroplating. Teams of students work together to devise a chemical system for plating metal objects with copper, then test and evaluate their findings and...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Weather Forecasting
Learners begin this lesson by considering how weather forecasting plays an important part in their daily lives. They learn about the history of weather forecasting -from old weather proverbs to modern forecasting equipment - and how...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Engineering and the Human Body
The Engineering and the Human Body unit covers the broad spectrum of topics that make up our very amazing human body. Students are introduced to the space environment and learn the major differences between the environment on Earth and...
Canada Science and Technology Museum
Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame
The Canada Science and Technology Museum pays tribute to Canadian scientists and innovators in its Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame. Learn more about individual Hall of Fame members by clicking on their names. Among these...
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The Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame Resource for Teachers
An interesting collection of science and engineering lesson plans and activities for students. Covers a wide range of grades.
TryEngineering
Try Engineering: Find It With Gps!
Using a GPS handheld device and online resources, students work in teams to explore the technology behind GPS, current GPS applications, and brainstorm new applications for future global use to solve society's issues.
TryEngineering
Try Engineering: Working With Wind Energy
Students use the engineering design process to build a working windmill out of everyday materials. Lesson explores the technology behind wind energy being used to generate energy in businesses and homes worldwide.
University of Southern California
Usc Viterbi School of Engineering Illumin: Reflecting on the Mirrors
Article explaining what Digital Light Processing (DLP) technology is and how it works. Includes an animation to demonstrate the technology. (Published Fall 2007)
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Digital Mapping and Geographic Information Systems (Gis)
Geographic information systems (GIS), once used predominantly by experts in cartography and computer programming, have become pervasive in everyday business and consumer use. This unit explores GIS in general as a technology about which...
TryEngineering
Try Engineering: Stop and Go
Lesson addresses how traffic is managed by the use of the traffic light. Student "engineers" work in teams to design a new traffic light system using new technology to meet the needs of society today.
TryEngineering
Try Engineering: Program Your Own Game
Teams of young scholars learn about the work of software engineers as they design a simple computer game using free software available in multiple languages.
TryEngineering
Try Engineering: Heart of the Matter
Students learn about artificial heart valves and the engineering design process used in mechanical heart valve designs. The objective of the lesson is to develop an understanding of the interface between man and machine and the impact of...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: The Heart of the Matter
This lesson describes how the circulatory system works, including the heart, blood vessels and blood. Students learn about the chambers and valves of the heart, the difference between veins and arteries, and the different components of...
Popular Science
Popular Science: Something Funny Down on the Pharm
This article investigates the growing industry of pharming, or genetically engineering and growing crops in order to produce pharmaceutical drugs. While there is huge potential for this industry, the article concentrates on the...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Smart Bridges
In this video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, learn about engineering innovations that could help detect a bridge's structural weaknesses before they become dangerous. [5:21]
City College of New York
City Technology: Wind Up Toy
A series of three video tutorials with accompanying written instructions demonstrating how to make a wind-up toy.
Other
Sut: Careers in Underwater Technology
Are you interested in an ocean related career? Explore the variety of career opportunities that are available in underwater technology.
University of Southern California
Usc Viterbi School of Engineering:illumin: Worthy of Praise: Modern Flush Toilet
Article discussing the history of the modern flush toilet and the under-appreciated impact it has had on modern civilizations. Includes an animation showing how a flush toilet works.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Software Developers
A career as a computer software engineer is profiled. Included: nature of the work, training, advancement, employment, job outlook. projections data, earnings, related occupations. A detailed examination of this career is clearly presented.