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Teach Engineering: Floaters and Sinkers 
  
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M. Hebrank; Publisher: Integrated Teaching and Learning Program: Teach Engineering
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This inquiry-based curricular unit introduces middle school students to the concept of density through five hands-on experiments. In Activity 1, they handle five identical boxes,…
http://www.teachengineering.org/curricularunits/view/duk_density_mary_u...
Physics Lab Online 
  
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C. Colwell
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This collection for introductory physics integrates lessons, labs, practice problems, assessments, AP review exercises, simulations, and quizzes in one easily-searched location.…
http://www.physicslab.org/
The Concord Consortium 
  
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This is the portal for The Concord Consortium, a nonprofit research and development corporation dedicated to transforming education through technology. The consortium develops,…
http://concord.org/
TryEngineering: Build Your Own Robot Arm 
  
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Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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This lesson plan, appropriate for grades 6-9, asks students to create a robot arm from common household materials that include paper clips, fishing line, cardboard, brads, pencils,…
http://tryengineering.org/resource/lesson-plan/build-your-own-robot-arm...
Dean Kamen's Artificial Arm 
  
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This 6-minute video chronicles the efforts of inventor/physicist Dean Kamen to develop a robotic arm with the functionality and dexterity of its human counterpart. "Prosthetic legs…
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Robot Arm Tutorial 
  
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This tutorial provides background information on robotic arm technology and practical instructions for building your own. The author includes free-body diagrams, schematic drawings,…
http://www.societyofrobots.com/robot_arm_tutorial.shtml
Core Concepts of Systems Engineering 
  
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Publisher: Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education
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This telecollaborative project is designed to provide students in grades 9-12 with an orientation to systems engineering concepts. Through guided activities students will…
http://www.ciese.org/curriculum/seproject/index.html
TryNano Lesson: What Is A Nanometer? 
  
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This resource is a standards-aligned lesson for Grades 4-8 developed to promote understanding of just how tiny a nanometer is. Learners measure common classroom objects and convert…
http://www.trynano.org/resources/what-nanometer
Squishy Circuits 
  
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Squishy Circuits was developed to teach circuit electricity by letting students build circuits from a PlayDoh-like substance. There are two simple recipes for making the dough, one…
http://squishycircuits.com/
TryEngineering 
  
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This is the portal for TryEngineering.org, a website for exploring the field of engineering and its various disciplines. Precollege teachers will find hands-on experiments with…
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