Tag: Engineering Design
D-Bait
Friday, June 7th, 2019
Using principles of ecosystem interactions and buoyancy, students will design and 3D print real fishing lures that imitate the behaviors of aquatic insects.
Ticket to Fly
Friday, June 7th, 2019
Students will study the physics behind different types of flight and using biomimicry design a simple flying machine.
Animal Architects
Thursday, June 6th, 2019
This unit takes biological phenomena such as transpiration of plants, laws of thermodynamics, animal behavior and regulation of body temperature, to create innovative, eco-friendly housing and landscape designs. This unit specifically focuses on the need for sustainable development by implementing biomimicry into landscape/housing designs. Students are tasked to use their knowledge of the aforementioned topics to create a blueprint of a new, ‘better’ house.
Temporary Sanctuary
Tuesday, June 4th, 2019
Lesson focuses on students learning about how sustainability, biomimicry, and architecture can work together to create innovative and feasible housing solutions for those in need. Students will need to collect information on the complications that people encounter when faced with not having shelter, where are some of the most resource deprived areas of the world, and what energy conservation technologies exist that can supplement the function of a shelter to provide adequate living conditions.
Riparian Zone Replacement Design
Tuesday, June 4th, 2019
The students will explore the causes and effects of erosion and how a healthy riparian zone can work. They will test water health based on the aquatic insects they find and compare their water health findings to how the waterway has been eroding. They will develop a testable replacement riparian zone model based on their research and develop a real-world implementation based upon their designs.
Drone Pollination
Tuesday, June 4th, 2019
Students will be working in groups to create a 3-d printed drone pollination applicator that can be used to pollinate flowers. They will also develop a product and use a persuasive Shark Tank style presentation to try and convince a panel of community partners that their design should be the one to be commercially developed. Content includes design thinking, decision matrix, and forces.
Clean Sweep
Tuesday, June 4th, 2019
Students will describe and illustrate
the feeding relationships of aquatic food webs. They will communicate
environmental issues of plastic pollution in marine habitats in a mass media
format. They will predict buoyancy of an object using mathematics and
predictive analysis. Working in a cross-curricular team they will design,
build, and test a device to collect plastic pollution from an aquatic habitat.
Build a bug: Designing a Predator Insect
Tuesday, June 4th, 2019
The students will research what makes a good predator to design and 3D print a prototype of the ideal predatory insect.
Nature’s Origami
Monday, June 3rd, 2019
Lesson focuses on teams of students using nature-derived inspiration to design a functioning solar panel that can charge a cell phone. Students study the need for renewable energy production and use knowledge of folding patterns in nature to create their own light-sensitive, folding solar panel.
