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Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education: Reverse Engineering

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students use reverse engineering to examine, classify, diagram, and identify the purpose and technological impacts of the components of two different single-use cameras.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Disassemble a Click Pen

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
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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Other

Simplicable: 25 Examples of Product Analysis

For Students 9th - 10th
This article describes 25 ways that products can be evaluated, for example, by cost, performance, ingredients, packaging, etc.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Engineering Your Future Ohio: Push 'N Go Product Dissection

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students work in teams to take apart a toy, and, after the product dissection, write directions for reassembling the toy.
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Lesson Plan
Other

National Engineers Week Foundation: Product Dissection [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson in which students explore various small appliances and gadgets by dissecting and reassembling them. While observing components, students consider scientific principles applied in making this technology and think about other...