Posted on June 14th, 2021 by Mary Lord
Engage your STEM students while instilling foundational physics, math, and science principles and such professional skills as teamwork through these eGFI Teachers sports-focused design challenges.
Check out these eGFI Teacher activities and other resources designed to up your STEM game, no matter what .
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Filed under: Class Activities, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Grades K-5, Lesson Plans, Special Features, Web Resources | Comments Off on STEM & Sports Resources
Tags: assistive technologies, athletes, baseball, bicycles, Bobsled, Chevron STEM Zone, egfi, engineering student athletes, Football, luge, Olympics, paralympics, Pitsco Education, ski lift, soccer, STEM and Sports, venues
Posted on October 4th, 2017 by Mary Lord
Ballparks have come a long way from the baseball diamond cut into an Iowa cornfield in the 1989 movie Field of Dreams. Engineers have found new ways to design ever-more spacious stadiums, with better views, smart systems that reduce energy costs, and even apps that let you order food from craft beer to peanuts delivered to your seat.
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Tags: ballpark, baseball, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, fields, Sports Engineering, stadium, Technology
Posted on July 31st, 2011 by Mary Lord
In this lesson, students in grades 3 – 12 will explore the engineering design process by building a device that can launch a ping-pong ball high enough for them to catch it.
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Filed under: Class Activities, Grades 6-8, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Grades 9-12, Grades K-5, Grades K-5, Lesson Plans | 1 Comment »
Tags: baseball, Design Squad, Energy, Engineering Design, force, levers, motion, NGSS aligned, Physics, simple machines