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Direct linkKornoelje, Joanne; Roman, Harry T. – Tech Directions, 2011
Educators at Thomas A. Edison Middle School have worked together to bring invention information and activities to life. One activity in particular, Ping-Pong Ball Invention Challenge, has proven a great success. The Ping-Pong Ball Invention Challenge was inspired by the basic rules for PBS's "Design Squad"'s "Pop Fly" activity. In this article,…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Intellectual Property, Middle Schools, Teacher Educators
Sweeney, Preston – Tech Directions, 2010
Hosting an engineering competition can bring great success to a technology department. Development and planning of an event can prove frustrating at times, but it pays off in the end. The author describes the first-ever engineering competition held at Maple Avenue Middle School in Saratoga Springs, New York, which provided an evening of creative…
Descriptors: Competition, Engineering, Science Fairs, Science Activities
Pliskow, Tia – Tech Directions, 2008
Science educators face the challenge of piquing students' interest in subjects whose concepts are often entirely foreign to them. The author wanted to give her students a hands-on, "real world" experience rooted in scientific concepts. What evolved was an engineering design competition. The point of the project was two-fold: to work on real-world…
Descriptors: Design Requirements, Student Interests, Science Interests, Competition
