Open Assignments
-
-
-
Engineering Careers in the 21st century
Why Engineering careers are flourishing
What Engineering is
How Engineering relates to other careers
What courses are needed to pursue engineering
What... -
Diverging and Converging Evolution
A senior highschool level; explaining concepts of divergent and convergent evolution; homologous and anologous structures.
-
-
Magnetic Fields from Moving Electrons
Demonstrate that moving electrons can generate a magnetic field
-
Natural pH Indicators
A short description of pH and a demonstration of natural (everyday) molecules from plants that can act as indicators
-
Water State Changes
The science behind the physical state changes of water is essential information for any scientifically curious student. The differences between solid, liquid, and gas, both on...
-
Desktop Heliostat
Many students are not introduced to engineering before they enroll in college. As a result, they don't have time to explore the discipline in a low risk environment, or prepare...
-
capacitive paper piano
For this assignment, I would like to show students how to use common materials to make a capacitance sensor, and then integrate the sensor with the Lilypad Arduino to play...
-
Seeing Music (Resonance Frequencies)
I will use my violin (videotaping close shots where you can see the vibration of the string as music is played) to display how resonance frequencies of each string can be seen...
-
Visual Perception
We are all presented with the same visual information from the world around us. Does that mean that we all see the world in the same way? Explain how the process or perception...
-
The Brain on Love
This would be a video detailing the process of falling in love in the brain, and how it compares to other emotions/forms of love.
-
Telecommunications Made Easy
Have you ever made a tin can telephone when you were young? This is a great way to first introduce kids to how the telephone works. But how is it that we can talk half way...
-
How computers work
I would like somebody to go through the high level picture of how a computer works. What is a processor? What is memory? What is the difference between RAM and a hard drive?...
-
Osmosis and Diffusion
This video will explain and demonstrate the concepts of Osmosis and Diffusion, targeted for high school students. This video will not contain any human interaction with the...
-
States of matter
I would like a demonstration of the differences between states of matter on a molecular level. Include plasma and Bose einstein
-
-
Motion Graphs
Engaging video showing relationship between position-time graph, velocity-time graph, and acceleration-time graphs.
-
-
Learning sciences with cartoons
Teachins and learning sciences with cartoons helps.
-
Torque for Real People
The engineering concept of torque is elusive for middle school aged students. "A twisting force" just does not resonate with teens that don't even drive yet!...
-
Sunflower Mathematics
Explore the mathematics of the position of sunflower florets in a sunflower head.
-
-
Doppler Effect through Doppler Radar
The Doppler effect is a nice example of a phenomenon which has both an instructive and fairly short theoretical derivation as well as an easily demonstrable application:...