All resources in Engineering

Fixed-Wing Aircraft Lesson

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The flight of a fixed-wing aircraft is controlled by altering the three primary flight control surfaces; ailerons, rudder, and elevator. In this activity, students will experiment with a profile model fixed-wing aircraft to learn the use of the primary flight control surfaces.

Material Type: Lesson

Author: Tracy Rexroat

Connect the Dots: Isometric Drawing and Coded Plans

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Students learn about isometric drawings and practice sketching on triangle-dot paper the shapes they make using multiple simple cubes. They also learn how to use coded plans to envision objects and draw them on triangle-dot paper. A PowerPoint® presentation, worksheet and triangle-dot (isometric) paper printout are provided. This activity is part of a multi-activity series towards improving spatial visualization skills.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Authors: Emily Breidt, Jacob Segil

MRI Safety Grand Challenge

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Students are given an engineering challenge: A nearby hospital has just installed a new magnetic resonance imaging facility that has the capacity to make 3D images of the brain and other body parts by exposing patients to a strong magnetic field. The hospital wishes for its entire staff to have a clear understanding of the risks involved in working near a strong magnetic field and a basic understanding of why those risks occur. Your task is to develop a presentation or pamphlet explaining the risks, the physics behind those risks, and the safety precautions to be taken by all staff members. This 10-lesson/4-activity unit was designed to provide hands-on activities to teach end-of-year electricity and magnetism topics to a first-year accelerated or AP physics class. Students learn about and then apply the following science concepts to solve the challenge: magnetic force, magnetic moments and torque, the Biot-Savart law, Ampere's law and Faraday's law. This module is built around the Legacy Cycle, a format that incorporates findings from educational research on how people best learn.

Material Type: Full Course, Unit of Study

Author: Eric Appelt

Truss Destruction

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Students work within constraints to construct model trusses and then test them to failure as a way to evaluate the relative strength of different truss configurations and construction styles. Each student group uses Popsicle sticks and hot glue to build a different truss configuration from a provided diagram of truss styles. Within each group, each student builds two exact copies of the team's truss configuration using his/her own construction method, one of which is tested under shear conditions and the other tested under compression conditions. Results are compiled and reviewed as a class to analyze the strength of different types of shapes and construction methods under the two types of loads. Students make and review predictions, and normalize strengths. Teams give brief presentations to recap their decisions, results and analysis.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Authors: Amanda Guiliani, Darcie Chinnis, Malinda Schaefer Zarske, Scott Duckworth

Pipeline AZ - STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math)

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(STEM) Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics Do you like science or math? Do you enjoy solving problems? This industry includes occupations and careers in planning, managing, and providing scientific research and professional and technical services (e.g., physical science, social science, engineering), including laboratory and testing services, and research and development services. Careers in the STEM industry involve solving problems through research and design. Nearly all of the occupations in this industry typically require a bachelor’s or higher degree for entry. But specific designations also include, for example, an associate’s degree for occupations such as social science research assistants.

Material Type: Interactive

Author: PipelineAZ

TEACHER SUBMITTED - Engineering, Engineering Teacher Submitted, Engineering Teacher Created TSA Sample Questions

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These assessment items are unique, non-secure, and not part of the ADE Item Bank. Each bank of assessment items is aligned to a Technical Standard and is brought to you by the Pima JTED Assessment course and was written by CTE teachers in Arizona.Pima JTED and the AZ CTE Curriculum Consortium do not guarantee the accuracy of the test questions and answers. They are intended to provide practice opportunities for your CTE students and data to inform your instruction. Please review them and carefully select the questions you want to use with your students.

Material Type: Assessment

Author: Pima JTED PD Hub

Engineering Curriculum Year 1, Engineering Curriculum Overview, Engineering Instructional Resources

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Engineering Instructional Resources including Program Technical Standards, Technical Standards Crosswalk, Engineering-Math Standards Crosswalk, Professional Skill Standards, Blueprint for Instruction and Assessment, Instructional Framework, Instructional Terminology, and Identified Industry Certifications List.

Material Type: Syllabus, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: AZCTECC .