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Energy, Power, and Transportation

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Energy, Power, and Transportation

Duration: 1 semester

Prerequisite: none

Grades 9-12

1/2 semester

Fee: $5

Description:

Students will gain an understanding of energy and power systems by hands-on activities including: mousetrap powered vehicles, CO2 dragsters, and model rockets. Students will also experiment with various types of energy converters and mechanisms, using them to design and create their own inventions in friendly competition.

Standards:

1. Students develop an understanding of technology, its characteristics, scope, core concepts, and relationships between technologies and other fields.

2. Students learn the operations of technology through the usage of technology and productivity tools.

3. Students apply a number of problem-solving strategies demonstrating the nature of design, the role of engineering and the role of assessment.

Major Projects:

CO2 Dragsters:

Students will be designing and building a CO2 dragster and competing in a class tournament for the chance to race in the Annual May Madness Dragster Tournament.

Mousetrap Cars:

Students will be researching, designing, and building a vehicle that is to travel a minimum of 50 feet and be powered by nothing but a single mousetrap. Instructor will supply mousetrap, but other materials will need to be supplied by students.