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Getting Started with Engineering Think Like an Engineer!

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Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Altersempfehlung

7 - 11 Jahr(e)

Erscheinungsdatum

27.06.2016

Verlag

Wiley

Seitenzahl

128

Maße (L/B/H)

21.3/14/1 cm

Gewicht

181 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-119-29122-0

Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Altersempfehlung

7 - 11 Jahr(e)

Erscheinungsdatum

27.06.2016

Verlag

Wiley

Seitenzahl

128

Maße (L/B/H)

21.3/14/1 cm

Gewicht

181 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-119-29122-0

Herstelleradresse

Libri GmbH
Europaallee 1
36244 Bad Hersfeld
DE

Email: gpsr@libri.de

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  • Produktbild: Getting Started with Engineering

  • Introduction 1

    About This Book 1

    About You 3

    About the Icons 4

    The First Step 4

    Project 1: Engineering 101 5

    What Is Engineering? 5

    Where Do Engineers Work? 5

    What Are Some Engineering Fields? 6

    What Is the Engineering Design Cycle? 7

    What Does a Design Look Like? 8

    What Is the Golden Rule of Engineering? 10

    What Is the Iron Triangle of Engineering? 10

    Mini Project: Classic Pocket Rocket 12

    Project 2: Touchdown Mars 13

    Introduction to Planetary Landers 13

    Materials 15

    Simulate a Landing with Technology 16

    Play with a descent to Mars 16

    Control a descent to Mars 18

    Design Your Mars Lander 19

    Build Your Mars Lander 21

    Test Your Mars Lander 24

    Improve Your Mars Lander 25

    Aerospace Engineering and the Iron Triangle 25

    Project 3: The Clock Is Ticking 27

    All Here, In Order, On Time. Let's Go! 27

    Materials 29

    Simulate a Simple Logistics Process 30

    Simulate a More Complex Logistics Process 32

    Plan Your Industrial Engineering Process 34

    Plan with a Gantt chart 34

    Plan by acting it out 36

    Implement Your Logistical Plan 37

    Evaluate Your Success 39

    Improve Your Process 39

    Iron Triangle of Engineering 40

    Gantt Charting with a Spreadsheet 40

    Project 4: Squeaky Clean Up 42

    Introduction to Oil Spill Clean Ups 42

    Materials 44

    Plan Your Oil Spill Clean-Up Process 45

    Plan to contain the oil 46

    Plan to skim the oil 46

    Plan to use sorbents 46

    Plan to disperse the oil 47

    Sketch your process 48

    Implement Your Clean-Up Process 49

    Simulate the oil spill 49

    Execute your clean-up plan 50

    Evaluate Your Success 51

    Improve Your Process 52

    Iron Triangle of Engineering 53

    Mini Project: Cleaning Feathers and Fur 54

    Project 5: Load the Bridge 55

    Civil Engineers Build the World 56

    Introduction to Bridges 56

    Materials 58

    Model Your Bridge with Technology 58

    Design Your Truss Bridge 63

    Build Your Pasta Bridge 66

    Test Your Pasta Bridge 68

    Improve Your Bridge 70

    Civil Engineering and the Iron Triangle 70

    Project 6: Electric Alien Cap 73

    Electronics 101 73

    Electrical circuits 74

    Symbols and schematics 74

    Series and parallel circuits 75

    Materials 77

    Design Your Electric Alien Cap 79

    Build Your Cap 80

    Get your components ready 80

    Mark your circuit onto the hat 81

    Stitch the positive connections in your circuit 81

    Stitch the ground connections in your circuit 83

    Test Your Circuit 85

    Improve Your Cap 85

    Electrical Engineering and the Iron Triangle 85

    Project 7: Now You're Cooking! 88

    Early Mechanical Engineering 88

    Archimedes the engineer 89

    Energy everywhere 90

    The First Law of Thermodynamics 90

    Materials 91

    Design Your Solar Oven 92

    The Second Law of Thermodynamics 92

    Oven design criteria 92

    Build Your Design 94

    Build the food chamber 94

    Add the oven insulation 95

    Attach the solar reflector 97

    Test Your Design Plan 98

    Improve Your Cooker 99

    Solar Cooking and the Iron Triangle 100

    Mini Project: Vdara Death Ray 102

    Project 8: Roller Coaster Mania 103

    Introduction to Roller Coasters 104

    Mass in a roller coaster system 105

    Energy in a roller coaster system 105

    Materials 106

    Model Your Coaster with Technology 106

    Design Your Roller Coaster 112

    Build Your Roller Coaster 113

    Test Your Roller Coaster 116

    Improve Your Roller Coaster 117

    Entertainment Engineering and the Iron Triangle 117

    Appendix: Cool Tools (and More!) 120