TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Charlotte's Web
As Charlotte uses her web to communicate, the students will also create a web to send a small message. The students will learn how a spider creates its web, and about the different types of webs spiders make. With this knowledge, the...
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Teach Engineering: Disassemble a Click Pen
In this activity students will disassemble and analyze a click pen. By performing such reverse engineering by analyzing the interactions between parts, students gain a better understanding of how this every day item works
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Teach Engineering: Make an Alarm!
After reading the story "Dear Mr. Henshaw" by Beverly Cleary, students will build an alarm system for something in the classroom, as the main character Leigh does to protect his lunchbox from thieves. Students will learn about alarms and...
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Teach Engineering: Space Shelter
The invasion has taken place and we need to find a new home. To ensure your survival beyond earth's occupation you must design a shelter that can be built on another planet. Students will research the characteristics of a planet of their...
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Teach Engineering: Which Roof Is Tops?
When you walk or drive around your neighborhood what do the roofs look like? What if you lived in an area with a different climate, how would that effect the style of roof that you might find. This is an introductory activity to explore...
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Teach Engineering: Time for Design
Students are introduced to the engineering design process, focusing on the concept of brainstorming design alternatives. They learn that engineering is about designing creative ways to improve existing artifacts, technologies or...
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Ten Tips for Company Newsletters
The author of this article presents ten tips for those composing a company newsletter. Tips can also be used for other types of newsletters.
Read Works
Read Works: Designing From Scratch
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about using a design process to solve problems while building new buildings. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Technological Design Process
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Technological design and steps of the technological design process.
Poynter Institute
Poynter Institute: The Elements of Powerful Pages
Very brief article from the Poynter Institute that covers four basic design rules for effective pages.
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Open University: Design
This interactive unit looks at the process of design. By the end of the lesson you will be able to identify innovation in a wide variety of designed objects and evaluate the impact of this innovation.
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The Merrill C. Berman Collection of Graphic Design
Numerous examples of graphic design images from artists around the world. Categorized by country.
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Kids Think Design: A Design Resource for Kids, Parents, and Teachers
A fantastic resource for future designers. Students can tap into their creative juices through various interactive activities and by learning about professionals in their field of interest. Design fields include fashion, graphic,...
My Learning
My Learning: Design a Carpet for an Arab Weaver's House
Design your own carpet using wood blocks, and recreate a scene from a nineteenth century painting.
City College of New York
City Technology: Wind Up Toy
A series of three video tutorials with accompanying written instructions demonstrating how to make a wind-up toy.
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Smith College: Talk to Me
Experience engineering by applying science and math in the service of humanity through a story. Read the online novel, interact with the characters, and explore some engineering concepts.
Goodwill
Gcf Global: Beginning Graphic Design
Learn how color, layout, images, composition, typography, branding, and more relate to graphic design.
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Dcfb Graphics: Trifold Brochure Writing Tips
A site that aims to give businesses solid guidelines on how to write effective trifold brochures. Good also for students looking into creating a unique brochure.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Newspaper Tower
Students will be challenged to design and construct a tower out of newspaper. They will have limited supplies including newspaper, tape, and scissors since engineers are often restricted by economic reasons as to how much material they...
The Wonder of Science
The Wonder of Science: 2 Ps1 3: Objects and Pieces
This NSTA vetted source includes resources to show that an object made up of a small set of pieces can be disassembled and made into a new object. Included are assessment ideas, videos, examples, lesson plans, and photos of student work.
The Wonder of Science
The Wonder of Science: Ms Ps3 3: Thermal Energy Transfer Solution
Lessons to show thermal energy transfer. Learners will "apply scientific principles to design, construct, and test a device that either minimizes or maximizes thermal energy transfer".
CBS
Tech Republic: Project Manager: Graphics 101
Detailed beginner's tutorial in creating online graphics. Requires access to a bitmap editor. Choose among topics, or work the entire 15 page tutorial in order.
PBS
Pbs: Nova: Destroy the Castle
Design your own trebuchet catapult, launch the sandstone balls, and destroy the castle. Decide on the size of your projectiles, where to place your trebuchet, and other factors critical to success.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Building Things in Different Ways
This lesson poses the question "can you always take something apart and put it together in different ways?". Students will take part in designing an investigation using snap cubes to help figure out an answer. Videos of the lesson in...