An Engineering Design STEM Project: T-Shirt Launcher

Autor/inn/en	Fantz, Todd D.; Grant, Melva R.
Titel	An Engineering Design STEM Project: T-Shirt Launcher
Quelle	In: Technology and Engineering Teacher, 72 (2013) 8, S. 14-20 PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2158-0502
Schlagwörter	Forschungsbericht; STEM Education; Science Interests; Science Course Improvement Projects; High School Students; Mathematical Concepts; Scientific Principles; Student Motivation; Engineering Technology; Design Requirements; Engineering Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? STEM; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Schulische Motivation; Maschinenbautechnik; Design preferences; Gestaltungsmittel; Ingenieurausbildung
Abstract	The article offers information on making technology education students interested in science and mathematics through the use of a T-shirt launcher design project. This project was designed for junior and senior level high school students who have completed or are currently taking physics and precalculus. The project involves designing an air-powered device to distribute rolled-up T-shirts to people sitting in a large venue, such as a stadium or auditorium, following science principles and mathematics concepts, as well as using educational technology. The student motivation to use science and mathematics can be generated from the excitement of an authentic engineering design project. (Contains 2 tables and 2 figures.) (ERIC).
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Begutachtung	Peer reviewed
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10