Tag: Physics

W.I.N.G.S

Thursday, October 24th, 2024


Lesson Overview:  Students must design blades that mitigate the harmful effects on wildlife. Lesson Scenario:  You are working for a renewable energy company – W.I.N.G.S. and your job is to help the company design new blades for wind turbines. W.I.N.G.S. researchers have determined that wind turbine blades must be redesigned to reduce the harm to […]

Wing it

Thursday, October 24th, 2024


Lesson Overview:  Students integrate observations of biological processes and organisms into the design of a wind turbine blade to optimize its energy production. Lesson Scenario:  You and your team are new engineers at CS Wind, the wind turbine manufacturing company. They are looking to design new blades for the next generation of wind turbines. The […]

D-Bait (Exemplary)

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.

Flight of the Bumblebee

Friday, June 7th, 2019


This is an integrated lesson to be used in Physical Science and Computer Integrated Manufacturing Class.  The focus is on how to produce lift with flapping wings, investigating butterflies, ornithopters and finishing in the creation of a 3-d printed wing that could be used on as a prototype for a bumblebee drone wing.

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.

The Charging Sun: Self-Sustaining Portable Charger

Thursday, June 6th, 2019


Students will study the physics behind different types of flight and using biomimicry design a simple flying machine.

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