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Blood Cell Basics
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Students will make a proportional model of blood out of red gelatin, a plastic bag, and rice. They will learn about the different components that make up blood and will investigate what happens when the arteries and veins experience buildup from cholesterol. They will then work in pairs to brainstorm ways to clean our clogged arteries.

Author:
Janet Yowell
Julie Marquez
Malinda Schaefer Zarske
Sara Born
Integrated Teaching and Learning Program,
Jessica Todd
Blow-and-Go Parachute
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Students make a skydiver and parachute contraption to demonstrate how drag caused by air resistance slows the descent of skydivers as they travel back to Earth. Gravity pulls the skydiver toward the Earth, while the air trapped by the parachute provides an upward resisting force (drag) on the skydiver.

Author:
Ben Heavner
Malinda Schaefer Zarske
Integrated Teaching and Learning Program,
Sabre Duren
Denise Carlson
Body Circulation
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Students are introduced to the circulatory system, the heart, and blood flow in the human body. Through guided pre-reading, during-reading and post-reading activities, students learn about the circulatory system's parts, functions and disorders, as well as engineering medical solutions. By cultivating literacy practices as presented in this lesson, students can improve their scientific and technological literacy.

Author:
Todd Curtis
Malinda Schaefer Zarske
Integrated Teaching and Learning Program,
Denise W. Carlson
TeachEngineering.org
Jay Shah
Bone Fractures and Engineering
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Students learn about the role engineers and engineering play in repairing severe bone fractures. They acquire knowledge about the design and development of implant rods, pins, plates, screws and bone grafts. They learn about materials science, biocompatibility and minimally-invasive surgery.

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Integrated Teaching and Learning Program, College of Engineering,
Todd Curtis, Malinda Schaefer Zarske, Janet Yowell, Denise W. Carlson
Bouncing Balls
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Students examine how different balls react when colliding with different surfaces, giving plenty of opportunity for them to see the difference between elastic and inelastic collisions, learn how to calculate momentum, and understand the principle of conservation of momentum.

Author:
Bailey Jones
Malinda Schaefer Zarske
Integrated Teaching and Learning Program,
Denise Carlson
Matt Lundberg
Chris Yakacki
Bouncing Balls (for High School)
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In this activity, students examine how different balls react when colliding with different surfaces. Also, they will have plenty of opportunity to learn how to calculate momentum and understand the principle of conservation of momentum.

Author:
Janet Yowell
Bailey Jones
Malinda Schaefer Zarske
Integrated Teaching and Learning Program,
Ben Sprague
Denise Carlson
Matt Lundberg
Chris Yakacki
Breaking Beams
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Students learn about stress and strain by designing and building beams using polymer clay. They compete to find the best beam strength to beam weight ratio, and learn about the trade-offs engineers make when designing a structure.

Author:
Ben Heavner
Malinda Schaefer Zarske
Integrated Teaching and Learning Program,
Denise Carlson
Chris Yakacki
Break the Tension
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Students learn about and experiment with the concept of surface tension. How can a paper clip "float" on top of water? How can a paper boat be powered by soap in water? How do water striders "walk" on top of water? Why do engineers care about surface tension? Students answer these questions as they investigate surface tension and surfactants.

Author:
Janet Yowell
Malinda Schaefer Zarske
Integrated Teaching and Learning Program,
Denise Carlson
Jay Shah
Breathe In, Breathe Out
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Students are introduced to the respiratory system, the lungs and air. They learn about how the lungs and diaphragm work, how air pollution affects lungs and respiratory functions, some widespread respiratory problems, and how engineers help us stay healthy by designing machines and medicines that support respiratory health and function.

Author:
Malinda Schaefer Zarske
Jay Shah
Integrated Teaching and Learning Program,
Denise W. Carlson
Breathing Cells
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Students use a simple pH indicator to measure how much CO2 is produced during respiration, at rest and after exercising. They begin by comparing some common household solutions in order to determine the color change of the indicator. They review the concepts of pH and respiration and extend their knowledge to measuring the effectiveness of bioremediation in the environment.

Author:
Janet Yowell
Malinda Schaefer Zarske
Kaelin Cawley
Integrated Teaching and Learning Program,
Bridge Types: Tensile & Compressive Forces
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Students explore how tension and compression forces act on three different bridge types. Using sponges, cardboard and string, they create models of beam, arch and suspension bridges and apply forces to understand how they disperse or transfer these loads.

Author:
Malinda Schaefer Zarske
Natalie Mach
Integrated Teaching and Learning Program,
Denise W. Carlson
Chris Valenti
Denali Lander
Jonathan S. Goode
Joe Friedrichsen
Bridges
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Through a five-lesson series that includes numerous hands-on activities, students are introduced to the importance and pervasiveness of bridges for connecting people to resources, places and other people, with references to many historical and current-day examples. In learning about bridge types arch, beam, truss and suspension students explore the effect of tensile and compressive forces. Students investigate the calculations that go into designing bridges; they learn about loads and cross-sectional areas by designing and testing the strength of model piers. Geology and soils are explored as they discover the importance of foundations, bearing pressure and settlement considerations in the creation of dependable bridges and structures. Students learn about brittle and ductile material properties. Students also learn about the many cost factors that comprise the economic considerations of bridge building. Bridges are unique challenges that take advantage of the creative nature of engineering.

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Integrated Teaching and Learning Program,
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Bridging the Gaps
Read the Fine Print
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Students are presented with a brief history of bridges as they learn about the three main bridge types: beam, arch and suspension. They are introduced to two natural forces tension and compression common to all bridges and structures. Throughout history, and today, bridges are important for connecting people to resources, places and other people. Students become more aware of the variety and value of bridges around us in our everyday lives.

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Applied Science
Architecture and Design
Engineering
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Author:
Christopher Valenti
Denali Lander
Denise W. Carlson
Integrated Teaching and Learning Program, College of Engineering,
Joe Friedrichsen
Jonathan S. Goode
Malinda Schaefer Zarske
Natalie Mach
Date Added:
09/18/2014
Build a Charge Detector
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In this hands-on activity, students explore the electrical force that takes place between two objects. Each student builds an electroscope and uses the device to draw conclusions about objects' charge intensity. Students also determine what factors influence electric force.

Author:
Malinda Schaefer Zarske
Integrated Teaching and Learning Program,
Xochitl Zamora Thompson
Sabre Duren
Denise Carlson
Daria Kotys-Schwartz
Joe Friedrichsen
Build a Toy Workshop
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Working as if they are engineers who work for (the hypothetical) Build-a-Toy Workshop company, students apply their imaginations and the engineering design process to design and build prototype toys with moving parts. They set up electric circuits using batteries, wire and motors. They create plans for project material expenses to meet a budget.

Author:
William Surles
Malinda Schaefer Zarske
Integrated Teaching and Learning Program,
Jonathan McNeil
Jacob Crosby
Eszter Horanyi
Carleigh Samson
Build an Anemometer
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Students create their own anemometers instruments for measuring wind speed. They see how an anemometer measures wind speed by taking measurements at various school locations. They also learn about different types of anemometers, real-world applications, and how wind speed information helps engineers decide where to place wind turbines.

Author:
Malinda Schaefer Zarske
Natalie Mach
Integrated Teaching and Learning Program,
Denise W. Carlson
Sabre Duren
Xochitl Zamora-Thompson
Building a Barometer
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Students investigate the weather from a systems approach, learning how individual parts of a system work together to create a final product. Students learn how a barometer works to measure the Earth's air pressure by building a model using simple materials. Students analyze the changes in barometer measurements over time and compare those to actual weather conditions. They learn how to use a barometer to understand air pressure and predict actual weather changes.

Author:
Janet Yowell
Malinda Schaefer Zarske
Integrated Teaching and Learning Program,
Glen Sirakavit
Megan Podlogar
Build it Better!
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Students use their knowledge of tornadoes and damage. The students will work in groups to design a structure that will withstand and protect people from tornadoes. Each group will create a poster with the name of their engineering firm and a picture of their structure. Finally, each group will present their posters to the class.

Author:
Janet Yowell
Malinda Schaefer Zarske
Integrated Teaching and Learning Program,
Melissa Straten
Jessica Todd
Bulbs & Batteries Side by Side
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We are surrounded everyday by circuits that utilize "in parallel" and "in series" circuitry. Complicated circuits designed by engineers are made of many simpler parallel and series circuits. In this hands-on activity, students build parallel circuits, exploring how they function and their unique features.

Author:
Malinda Schaefer Zarske
Integrated Teaching and Learning Program,
Xochitl Zamora Thompson
Denise W. Carlson
Sabre Duren
Daria Kotys-Schwartz
Joe Friedrichsen
Bulbs & Batteries in a Row
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Everyday we are surrounded by circuits that use "in parallel" and "in series" circuitry. Complicated circuits designed by engineers are composed of many simpler parallel and series circuits. During this activity, students build a simple series circuit and discover the properties associated with series circuits.

Author:
Malinda Schaefer Zarske
Integrated Teaching and Learning Program,
Xochitl Zamora Thompson
Sabre Duren
Denise Carlson
Daria Kotys-Schwartz
Joe Friedrichsen