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John Atherton Toronto District School Board
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Share some ideas on how we can get students thinking about engineering and how physics concepts relate to the design of real world technologies and evetns
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Mechanical Engineering Degree Commissioning Engineer, Large Steam Turbines Design and build drinking water systems Corporate Underwriter, Boiler and Machinery Insurance Able to change a fuses and light bulbs
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Engineering is the application of science Thinking creatively: from concept to form Working in a team Communication; team, calculation, report writing, audience Design, Build, Test and start again!
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Lots! See file See file
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1. Calculating and designing in groups with whiteboards. 2. Labs - Comparing recipe/confirmation labs and investigating ‘real’ situations 3. Design and Build 4. Trips - taking it outside
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1. Calculating for design - cooperative group problem solving Car Crash Investigation Riding the Wall of Death Bungee Jump The James Webb Telescope Space Station - Mars 2. Labs 2 ways pendulum and spring mass 3. Design, build and test Trebuchet/Wind turbine/ Bridge building 4. Trips Wonderland and Flying
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Sam’s Ice cream shop – closed for the season Vehicles found fused together here in Sam’s empty car park Point of impact (from debris on road) Diagram of Accident Scene Width of both roads = 16 m Mass of car A = 1000 kg Distance = Angle = Mass of Truck B= 2200 kg V A =? V B =?
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In orbit around the Sun not the Earth James Webb Space Telescope (NGST)
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23:30 25:42 27:40 52:30 53:50
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Car Crash Investigation Riding the Wall of Death Bungee Jump The James Webb Telescope Space Station - Mars
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Pendulum Spring mass Recipe/Confirmation labs OR Real Investigations
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Trebuchet Wind turbine Bridge Building
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