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1 online resource (216 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Challenges -- Challenge 1: The Good Old-Fashioned Paper Airplane -- Aerodynamics, Calculating Averages, Measurement -- Challenge 2: Hammock Among Us -- Estimation, Analysis, Prediction, Using Natural Resources -- Challenge 3: Windmills on Your mind? -- Wind, Renewable Resources, Capacity, Congruence, Analysis -- Challenge 4: Will it Go Round in Circles? -- Geometry, Estimating Measurement, Converting Units of Measurement, Circles -- Challenge 5: Building Bridges |
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Fundamental Principles of Engineering, Various Bridge Designs -- Challenge 6: It's All Downhill From Here -- Geometry of Circles and Cylinders, Calculating Surface Area, Kinetic Energy, Velocity, Acceleration, Mass, Law of Gravity -- Challenge 7: Cow-a-Bungee -- Graphing Lines, Coordinate Planes, Kinetic Energy, Potential Energy, Gravity, Rebound, Carom -- Challenge 8: Stealthy Design -- Measurement, Calculating Averages, Radar's Military Uses, History of Stealth Planes -- Challenge 9: Whatever Floats Your Boat -- Calculating Buoyancy and Density, Displacement, Weight |
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Challenge 10: Scrapers in the Sky -- The Impact of Nature on Design, History of Skyscrapers -- Challenge 11: Parachute Express -- Gravity, Air Resistance, Surface Area, Weight, Ratios, History of Parachutes -- Challenge 12: It's So Simple Machines -- Simple Machines, Geometry, Calculating Work -- Challenge 13: Catapult to the Front of the Line -- Fulcrum Placement, Effort, Resistance, Work, History of Catapults -- Challenge 14: Be a Cooper -- Area, Circumference, Volume, Nets, History of Casks -- Challenge 15: Whirlybird Liftoff |
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Air Mass, Air Resistance, Lift, Calculating Scale, Physics Concepts -- Challenge 16: Wheelbarrow Races -- Work, Force, Simple Machines, Circumference, Measurement Conversion -- Challenge 17: Kite for a Windy Day -- Gravity, Lift, Surface Area, Force, History of Kites -- Challenge 18: Host a Hoist -- Force, Weight, Work, History of Pulleys -- Challenge 19: Obstacle Course, of Course -- Mechanical Force, Potential Energy, Kinetic Energy -- Challenge 20: Craft a Raft -- Relationship Between Buoyancy and Density, History of Rafts -- Challenge 21: CD Car -- Circumference, Area, Velocity, Mass, Force |
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Challenge 22: It's Getting Hot in Here -- Greenhouse Effect, Measuring Temperature, Calculating Volume -- Challenge 23: The Amazing Trampoline Act -- Physical Science, Kinetic Energy, Potential Energy, Friction, History of Trampolines -- Challenge 24: Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah -- Potential Energy, Kinetic Energy, Gravity, Friction, Calculating Distance, Speed, and Time -- Challenge 25: Breaking Down Barriers -- Geometry, History of Battering Rams, Castles, and Walls -- Challenge 26: World's Fair -- Science, Innovation, Identifying Problems and Opportunities, Math, Adapting Concepts to Design Needs |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Bibliography |
References |
| Subject |
Engineering -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- United States
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Engineering -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781000500240 |
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1000500241 |
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