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Designing under Constraints: Cell Phone Case Design Challenge
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Sutton, Kevin; Grubbs, Michael E.; Ernst, Jeremy – Technology and Engineering Teacher, 2014
Engineering design has been suggested as a viable instructional approach for Technology Education (TE) to intentionally provide students the opportunity to apply multidisciplinary concepts to solve ill-defined design challenges (Wells & Ernst, 2012; Sanders & Wells, 2010; Wicklein, 2006). Currently, the context for design challenges in TE…
Descriptors: Design, Design Crafts, Design Requirements, Engineering Technology
Crash Test Kids: Stealth Learning at Its Best
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Marshall, Kirk – Technology and Engineering Teacher, 2011
Building a human-powered flying craft can be much more complicated than one would first imagine. There are no "premade" plans available for this type of craft. In addition, the crafts needed to be built with some "style," or in other words, they should represent something other than a flying machine. The concept of launching a…
Descriptors: High Schools, Aviation Technology, Aviation Education, STEM Education
Trends and Challenges in Sport Science and Engineering Related Technology Education at Surf Science and Technology: Researching Surfboard Making Activity
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Audy, Jaromir – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2007
The paper presents the results obtained from teaching, learning and research associated with Surf Science and Technology (SST) course taught at the South West Campus of Edith Cowan University. The main topic discussed is Teaching and Learning with the Surfboard Making. It looks at a group of recent second year SST students who, after acquiring the…
Descriptors: Technology Education, Educational Trends, Engineering Technology, Aquatic Sports