Engineering and Design

1. Engineering and Design

2. General Lab Tool and Machine Safety • Key Learning • General tool and machine safety is important to know, understand, and follow when working in an engineering lab. • Unit Essential Question • What are the safety procedures for the tools and machines in an engineering lab?

3. General Lab Tool and Machine Safety • Lesson Essential Question • What are the names and uses for hand tools used in the lab?

4. General Lab Tool and Machine Safety • Wood clamp • Quick Bar Clamp • bench vise • Exacto knife • Putty knife • Cordless Drill • Scissors • Push Pins • Twist bit • Countersink bit • Battery charger • Battery • Hole saw • Sandpaper • Sanding block • Glue gun • Screw driver bits • Vocabulary • tri-square • T-Bevel square • Claw hammer • wood chisel • Nail set • tape measure • Steel rule • Plastic Mallet • Raw Hide • flat screwdriver • Phillips screwdriver • Diagonal cutter • Utility knife • Rasp • C-clamp

5. General Lab Tool and Machine Safety • Lesson Essential Question • What are the names of the machines and how are they used safely?

6. General Lab Tool and Machine Safety • Vocabulary • Table Saw • Miter Saw • Band Saw • Scroll Saw • Drill Press • Disc Sander • Belt Sander

7. Technological Design Loop • Key Learning • Engineers use the Technological Design Process to solve all problems. • Unit Essential Question • Why does an Engineer use the Technological Design Loop?

8. Technological Design Loop • Vocabulary • Identify • Brainstorm • Decide • Design • Evaluate • Re-design • Build

9. Cantilever Project • Key Learning • A cantilever is a unique structure used by Engineers for a variety of applications. • Unit Essential Question • Why would an Engineer choose to use a cantilever design for the construction of a structure?

10. Cantilever Project • Lesson Essential Question • What is the best way to construct the longest cantilever and support a weight?

11. Cantilever Project • Vocabulary • Beam • Shear Stress • Truss

12. Fastest Clothespin • Key Learning • Civil Engineers are faced with the challenge of designing efficient transportation systems for people and freight. • Unit Essential Question • What are the challenges of using a fixed route transportation system?

13. Fastest Clothespin • Vocabulary • Fixed Route • Fixture • 2 sheets of newspaper • 2 paper clips • 12” masking tape • 2 straws • 3 pieces 8 ½” x 11” notebook paper • 1 clothespin

14. Fastest Clothespin • Lesson Essential Question • How can an item be transported efficiently from one point to another?

15. Egg Drop • Key Learning • A parachute can be designed many different ways and still work properly. • Unit Essential Question • What are the ways an Engineer could design and build a successful parachute?

16. Egg Drop • Canopy • Gores • Vent • Suspension Lines • Payload • Risers • Pure Drag • Lift Producing • Vocabulary • 1 plastic bag • 1 piece of newspaper • 10 staples • 1 Dixie cup • 2 feet of string • 2 rubber bands • 6” masking tape • 5 paper clips • 10 index cards 5”x8” • Hot glue (as needed)

17. Egg Drop • Lesson Essential Question • How can a parachute be designed to successfully save an egg from a drop?

18. Basketball Shooter • Key Learning • Engineers must be able to solve problems dealing with mechanical parts. • Unit Essential Question • What must an Engineer be able to do when working on mechanical systems?

19. Basketball Shooter • Vocabulary • Launcher • stationary position • Zones • Radius • Bucket • Payload • Arm • Rope • Spring • Frame • restraining rope

20. Basketball Shooter • Lesson Essential Question • How is an automated basketball shooter designed and constructed to get the most baskets?