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What's the Problem?
oai:TeachEngineering:csm_lesson1_activity1_tg
Tue, Apr 5, 2016 3:44:10 PM MDT
11510/20061003061030644M
Students learn of the impending asteroid impact scenario, form teams and begin to study the situation in depth. A simple in-class simulation shows them the potential for destruction and disaster. They complete worksheets and look at maps to help them define and understand the problem: What is the needed cavern size and depth? What are the geographical areas and natural features? A homework measurement assignment prepares them for the next lesson/activity.
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oai:TeachEngineering:csm_lesson2_activity1_tg
Tue, Apr 5, 2016 3:44:10 PM MDT
11510/20061003061031879M
Students teams determine the size of the caverns necessary to house the population of the state of Alabraska from the impending asteroid impact. They measure their classroom to determine area and volume, determine how many people the space could sleep, and scale this number up to accommodate all Alabraskans. They work through problems on a worksheet and perform math conversions between feet/meters and miles/kilometers.
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Scaling the Map
oai:TeachEngineering:csm_lesson3_activity1_tg
Tue, Apr 5, 2016 3:44:10 PM MDT
11510/20061003061033259M
Students learn how to determine map distances and areas using the map scale. They get a feel for how much an area represents on the map in relation to the size they are suggesting for their underground caverns to shelter the Alabraska population.
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Built to Last?
oai:TeachEngineering:csm_lesson3_activity2_tg
Tue, Apr 5, 2016 3:44:10 PM MDT
11510/20061003061034352M
In the continuing "Lost in the Amazon" scenario of this unit, students test the shelters they built in this unit's Lesson 3, Activity 1, for durability and water resistance.
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Possible Locations
oai:TeachEngineering:csm_lesson4_activity1_tg
Tue, Apr 5, 2016 3:44:10 PM MDT
11510/20061003061035259M
Students use their knowledge of scales and areas to determine the best locations in Alabraska for the underground caverns. They cut out rectangular paper pieces to represent caverns to scale with the maps and place the cut-outs on the maps to determine feasible locations.
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Rocks, Rocks, Rocks
oai:TeachEngineering:csm_lesson5_activity1_tg
Tue, Apr 5, 2016 3:44:10 PM MDT
11510/20061003061036745M
Students test rocks to identify their physical properties (such as luster, hardness, color, etc.) and classify them as igneous, metamorphic or sedimentary. They complete a worksheet table to record all of the rock properties, and then answer worksheet questions to deepen their understanding of rock properties and relate them to the cavern design problem.
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Ranking the Rocks
oai:TeachEngineering:csm_lesson6_activity1_tg
Tue, Apr 5, 2016 3:44:10 PM MDT
11510/20061003061038030M
Student teams assign importance factors, called "desirability points," to the rock properties found in the previous lesson/activity in order to mathematically determine the overall best rocks for building caverns within. They learn the real-world connections and relationships between the rock and the important engineering properties for designing and building caverns (or tunnels, mines, building foundations, etc.).
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Taking the Boat to Manaus
oai:TeachEngineering:csm_lesson6_activity2_tg
Tue, Apr 5, 2016 3:44:10 PM MDT
11510/20061003061038998M
In the continuing (hypothetical) storyline of the Lost in the Amazon unit, students apply the concepts they learned regarding mass, volume and density in the previous activities to design boats to get them out of the jungle.
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Drum Roll Please
oai:TeachEngineering:csm_lesson7_activity1_tg
Tue, Apr 5, 2016 3:44:10 PM MDT
11510/20061003061039833M
Student teams commit to a final decision on the location they recommend for safe underground cavern shelter for the citizens of Alabraska. They prepare and deliver final presentations to defend their final decisions to the class.
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Testing the Caverns
oai:TeachEngineering:csm_lesson8_activity1_tg
Tue, Apr 5, 2016 3:44:10 PM MDT
11510/20061003061041230M
Students build model caverns and bury them in a tray of sand. They test the models by dropping balls onto them to simulate an asteroid hitting the Earth. By molding papier-mâché or clay around balloons (to form domes), or around small cardboard boxes (to form rectangular structures), students create unique models of their cavern designs.
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Mass Transit Living Lab: Graphing the West Corridor Data
oai:TeachEngineering:csm_lesson1_activity2_tg
Tue, Apr 5, 2016 3:44:10 PM MDT
11510/20061003061042258M
Students are introduced to graphical analysis of data to analyze flaws in a transit system's design. They evaluate factors such as ride time, wait time and percentage of train capacity. This activity requires the use of the Mass Transit Living Lab—a web portal to interactive train (transit) traffic data for a major metropolitan city.
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Mass Transit Living Lab: Analyze the Data
oai:TeachEngineering:csm_lesson1_activity3_tg
Tue, Apr 5, 2016 3:44:10 PM MDT
11510/20061003061043572M
Students go through the logical process of quantitatively analyzing real-world transit data. They gain experience identifying problems with the current design based upon their earlier observations and experiences in activities 1 and 2. Students discuss the flaws that they find in the system. This activity requires the use of the Mass Transit Living Lab—a web portal to interactive train traffic data for a major metropolitan city.
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Mass Transit Living Lab: Improve the System
oai:TeachEngineering:csm_lesson1_activity4_tg
Tue, Apr 5, 2016 3:44:10 PM MDT
11510/20061003061044276M
Students go through the process of identifying possible solutions to the design problems that the existing west corridor transit system faces. Students combine what they have learned from the three previous activities to come up with possible solutions to the design problems faced by the system. This activity requires the use of the Mass Transit Living Lab—a web portal to interactive train (transit) traffic data for a major metropolitan city.
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Lost in the Amazon
oai:TeachEngineering:csm_amazon_tg
Tue, Apr 5, 2016 3:44:10 PM MDT
11510/20061003061045430M
The Lost in the Amazon curricular unit is a series of minds-on and hands-on engineering activities based on an adventure scenario set in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. Students imagine themselves to be a team of EnviroTech engineers returning to the U.S. from a conference in Brasilia, Brazil. When their plane crashes deep in the Amazon forest, they work in groups to overcome various obstacles in their quest to survive and reach the nearest city as quickly and safely as possible. Motivated by this adventurous theme, students discover, learn and apply the following: 1) classification of plants and insects; 2) general categorizing skills; 3) process skills: problem solving and critical thinking; 4) scientific testing and experimentation; 5) materials properties.
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Asteroid Impact
oai:TeachEngineering:csm_asteroid_tg
Tue, Apr 5, 2016 3:44:10 PM MDT
11510/20061003061046479M
Through this earth science curricular unit, student teams are presented with the scenario that an asteroid will impact the Earth. In response, their challenge is to design the location and size of underground caverns to shelter the people from an uninhabitable Earth for one year. Driven by this adventure scenario, student teams 1) explore general and geological maps of their fictional state called Alabraska, 2) determine the area of their classroom to help determine the necessary cavern size, 3) learn about map scales, 4) test rocks, 5) identify important and not-so-important rock properties for underground caverns, and 6) choose a final location and size.
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The Crash Scene
oai:TeachEngineering:csm_lesson1_crashscene_tg
Tue, Apr 5, 2016 3:44:09 PM MDT
11510/20061003061047374M
Students are introduced to the (hypothetical) scenario in which they are a team of EnviroTech engineers returning to the U.S. from a conference in Brasilia, Brazil. When their plane crashes deep in the Amazon forest, they work in groups to overcome various obstacles in their quest to reach help as quickly and safely as possible. They learn about the Amazon rainforest: location, climate, population, unique plants and animals, and threats to its existence.
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Supplies to Survive in the Jungle
oai:TeachEngineering:csm_lesson2_supplies_tg
Tue, Apr 5, 2016 3:44:10 PM MDT
11510/20061003061048211M
At this stage of the "Lost in the Amazon" (hypothetical) adventure, students determine what supplies they will take with them to survive their trip through the Amazon. They use estimation and basic math skills to determine how much they can carry and what they can use to survive in the jungle environment as they travel on to their destination.
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The Need for Shelter
oai:TeachEngineering:csm_lesson3_shelter_tg
Tue, Apr 5, 2016 3:44:09 PM MDT
11510/20061003061049182M
As part of the continuing adventure scenario for this unit, students build shelters to protect themselves from the rain. After the shelters are built, the class performs durability and waterproof testing on the shelters.
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The Growling Stomach
oai:TeachEngineering:csm_lesson4_food_tg
Tue, Apr 5, 2016 3:44:09 PM MDT
11510/20061003061050143M
In this lesson, the students will investigate what types of plants and insects they could eat to survive in the Amazon. They will research various plants and/or insects and identify characteristics that make them edible or useful for the trip. The students will create posters and present their findings to the class.
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Where's the Water?
oai:TeachEngineering:csm_lesson5_filterwater_tg
Tue, Apr 5, 2016 3:44:10 PM MDT
11510/20061003061051068M
In this lesson, the students will conduct an investigation to purify water. Students will engineer a method for cleaning water, discover the most effective way to filter water, and practice conducting a scientific experiment.
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