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What is Engineering?

What is Engineering? . Day 1: 6-12 STEM Integration MSTA Region 11 Teacher Center. Goals for Day 1 – What is Engineering?. “To investigate and experience what engineering is” through: Defining engineering and design Differentiating between engineering and mathematics and science

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What is Engineering?

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  1. What is Engineering? Day 1: 6-12 STEM Integration MSTA Region 11 Teacher Center

  2. Goals for Day 1 – What is Engineering? “To investigate and experience what engineering is” through: • Defining engineering and design • Differentiating between engineering and mathematics and science • Participating in engineering activities • Articulating the need for engineering in the classroom

  3. Agenda for Day 1 – What is Engineering? • Morning session • Working with Mike Lindstrom • Concept mapping • Hands-on engineering • Afternoon session • Preparing students for post-secondary education • A talk with an engineer • Wrap-Up and PLC information

  4. Introductions

  5. What is Engineering? • In your teams create a concept map that portrays your ideas about “What is Engineering?” • Be as detailed as possible • You will have about 20 minutes to work.

  6. Gallery Walk • Decide how your team is going to present your concept map for the gallery walk. • Post your poster on a wall on the room’s perimeter where everyone will be able to see it. Keep it manned. • Walk around the room to view other groups’ concept maps.

  7. Reflection Questions • Were there aspects of engineering that your team did not think about? • Are there things you saw that you do not think are engineering-related? • How do you think your students’ would describe engineering?

  8. Wind Energy • How can we use wind energy? • Where should wind turbines be built? • What are the positive and negative effects of wind turbines?

  9. Brainstorm: Wind Energy • What factors influence the power output of a wind turbine?

  10. The Design Cycle

  11. Engineering Challenge You are working for a power company that harnesses alternative forms of energy. Your boss has asked your team to design the wind turbine blade unit to get high power output. However, there are costs involved in testing, so you must plan carefully! (Next slide has costs) You must keep track of your expenses in a way that is easily understandable and explainable.

  12. Engineering Constraints Budget: $10,000 for today’s testing • each test you run (turning on the fan and using multimeter) costs $800, • initial costs for each white plastic blade is $200 • initial costs for each balsa blade is $400 • to change the shape of a set of blades costs • $100 for 1-3 blades in the set • $200 for 4-6 blades in the set • $300 for 7-9 blades in the set • $400 for 10-12 blades in the set

  13. Engineering Challenge Gallery Walk • On a post-it poster: • Summarize what you have learned so far about blade unit design. • What would be your next steps? • Post on the wall • Walk around to get ideas about how other teams addressed this engineering challenge

  14. The Design Cycle

  15. Please Help Us! • Please break-down your wind turbine and carefully place it in the box. • Put blades in grocery bag and label them for next time. • Lunch • Meet in Biological Sciences Room 64 • Be ready to go at 1:30.

  16. Preparing Students for Post-Secondary Education • How are these educational experiences different from your experiences as a college student? • How can you help to prepare students for academic experiences in college? • What technological aspects of instruction have you learned about that could potentially benefit your current teaching?  • What are other educational “take aways”?

  17. A Discussion with an Engineer • What is engineering? • What do engineers do? • What separates engineering from science and mathematics? • What is engineering design? Redesign? Reverse engineering? • What are historical elements of engineering? • What are other elements of engineering?

  18. Professional Learning Community • 4 PLC Meetings before November workshop • Conduct a “what is engineering” concept mapping activity in your class • Plan to implement an engineering activity in your classroom (before January meeting) • Plan for the re-design phase of the wind turbine activity

  19. Exit Slip “To investigate and experience what engineering is” • Write down what happened today that brought you closer to meeting this objective. Also, write down any questions that you have about the day’s objective. • On a separate piece of paper, write one thing from this reflection that you would like to share with Gillian, Tamara, & Sean. • Turn this in as you leave.

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