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Guitar Designs—Exploring How Music Is Made
In this activity, students use household items to make a functional guitar that can play at least one octave and a song. This selection highlights the...
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Newton’s Third Law Paper Trampoline
In this activity, students learn about Newton’s third law by testing fabrics and other materials for a trampoline designed to provide the highest po...
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In this activity, students use a 30 cm × 30 cm piece of aluminum foil to construct a boat that supports the weight of the largest number of golf ball...
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Beyond the Egg Drop: Infusing Engineering Into High School Physics (Book Sample)
Problem: You’re eager to expand your physics curriculum and engage your students with engineering content but you don’t know how. Solution: Use th...
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In this activity, students are challenged to construct a cantilever that supports the greatest weight at the greatest distance from the edge of a desk...
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Cards to the Sky Gummy Bear Tower
In this activity, students use playing cards to build a tower that can withstand wind such that gummy bears can stand on top of it. This selection hig...
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In this activity, students use tape, string, and 20 strands of spaghetti to build the tallest tower that will support one large marshmallow on top. Th...
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In this activity, students create a mathematical model to predict the time it will take for a soda can punctured with holes of different sizes to drai...
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In this activity, students will predict and analyze how different materials will behave in a wind tube, then design and test a hovercraft that can sta...
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In this activity, students create a Rube Goldberg device that includes at least three energy transfers and eventually pops a balloon. This selection h...
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In this activity, students use limited materials to design a balloon-powered cart that travels three meters in less than five seconds. This selection ...
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In this activity, students use a toothbrush, a small motor, and some wire to make a bristlebot, then optimize it for maximum displacement. This select...
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In this activity, students design a mousetrap-powered car that goes the fastest down a narrow racetrack. This selection highlights the physics concept...
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Amusement Park Engineer—Bumper Cars
In this activity, students use PhET simulation to create a proposal for a design of a set of bumper cars that are safe, fair, and fun for children, te...
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In this activity, students design a vehicle that successfully lands an egg dropped from a height of two meters. They use force plates, motion detector...