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Read the Fine Print
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Student teams investigate the properties of electromagnets. They create their own small electromagnet and experiment with ways to change its strength to pick up more paper clips. Students learn about ways that engineers use electromagnets in everyday applications.
- Subject:
- Mathematics and Statistics, Science and Technology
- Grade Level:
- Primary
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TeachEngineering
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This Lesson provides two different activities that require students to measure energy outputs and inputs to determine the efficiency of conversions and simple systems. One of the activities includes Lego motors and accomplishing work. The other investigates energy for heating water. They learn about by products of energy conversions and how to improve upon efficiency. The teacher can choose to use either of these or both of these. The calculations in the water heating experiment are more complicated than in the Lego motor activity. Thus, the heating activity is suitable for older students, only the Lego motor activity suitable for younger students.
- Subject:
- Mathematics and Statistics, Science and Technology
- Grade Level:
- Primary, Secondary
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TeachEngineering
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Students investigate motors and electromagnets as they construct their own simple electric motors using batteries, magnets, paper clips and wire.
- Subject:
- Mathematics and Statistics, Science and Technology
- Grade Level:
- Primary
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TeachEngineering
Remix and Share
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Twister provides an excellent opportunity to discuss shared responsibilities at home/school as well as to demonstrate working together in a "movement" situation. Young children will enjoy the movement involved while learning directional words, such as right, left, etc. This lesson incorporates literature, technology, and motor skills.
- Subject:
- Science and Technology, Social Sciences
- Grade Level:
- Primary
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LEARN NC Lesson Plans
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Students learn how engineers design devices that use water to generate electricity by building model water turbines and measuring the resulting current produced in a motor. Students work through the engineering design process to build the turbines, analyze the performance of their turbines and make calculations to determine the most suitable locations to build dams.
- Subject:
- Mathematics and Statistics, Science and Technology
- Grade Level:
- Secondary
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Energy
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Water
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TeachEngineering
Read the Fine Print
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Students learn how engineers harness the energy of the wind to produce power by following the engineering design process as they prototype two types of wind turbines and test to see which works best. Students also learn how engineers decide where to place a wind turbine, and the advantages and disadvantages to using wind power compared to other non-renewable energy sources.
- Subject:
- Mathematics and Statistics, Science and Technology
- Grade Level:
- Secondary
- SubTopics:
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Energy
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Green Building and Design
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TeachEngineering
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Students learn more about magnetism, and how magnetism and electricity are related in electromagnets. They learn the fundamentals about how simple electric motors and electromagnets work. Students also learn about hybrid gasoline-electric cars and their advantages over conventional gasoline-only-powered cars.
- Subject:
- Mathematics and Statistics, Science and Technology
- Grade Level:
- Primary
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TeachEngineering
