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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: The Unconstrained Truth About Constrained Layer Damping

For Students 9th - 10th
This science fair project shows you how to transform a noisy piece of metal into a sound-muffling constrained-layer damper. You will record the sound of a controlled impact on a piece of metal with a microphone, a computer, and some free...
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Lesson Plan
TryEngineering

Try Engineering: Trebuchet Toss

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson through which young scholars design and build a small trebuchet from everyday materials. After building and testing their models, students will compete to see whose prototype produces the farthest launch.
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Activity
Other

Tech Museum of Innovation: Rat Round Up [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This resource explains how to design a device to capture and carry a runaway rat! Students will create a device that will return a rat to its cage without harming it using specific materials. The lesson includes worksheets and teacher...