Building

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Building Bridges Making the connection between
Physics and Engineering. 

• John Atherton
• Toronto District School Board

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Whos talking?

• Mechanical Engineering Degree
• Commissioning Engineer, Large Steam Turbines
• Design and build drinking water systems
• Corporate Underwriter, Boiler and Machinery
  Insurance
• Able to change a fuse/reset breakers

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Whats the connection? 

• Engineering is the application of science
• Thinking creatively from concept to form
• Working in a team
• Communication team, calculation, report writing,
  audience
• Design, Build, Test and start again!

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Curriculum Links

• Lots!
• See file

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Today

• 1. Calculating and designing in groups with
  whiteboards.
• 2. Labs - Comparing recipe/confirmation labs and
  investigating real situations
• 3. Design and Build
• 4. Trips - taking it outside

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Application based tasks
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Today

• 1. Calculating for design - cooperative group
  problem solving
• Car Crash Investigation
• Riding the Wall of Death
• Bungee Jump
• The James Webb Telescope
• Space Station - Mars
• 2. Labs 2 ways
• pendulum and spring mass
• 3. Design, build and test
• Trebuchet/Wind turbine/ Bridge building
• 4. Trips
• Wonderland and Flying

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Car Crash Investigation
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Car Crash Investigation
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Car Crash Calculator
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Wall of Death
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Wall of Death
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Wall of Death
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Wall of Death Assignment
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Wall of Death calculator
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Bungee Jump
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Bungee Jump
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Bungee Jump calculator
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James Webb NGST
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James Webb Space Telelscope (NGST)
In orbit around the Sun not the Earth
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James Webb NGST
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Space Station Design
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2001 A Space Odyssey (1968)

• 2330
• 2542
• 2740
• 5230
• 5350

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Chose a task and work in a group using the
whiteboards

• Car Crash Investigation
• Riding the Wall of Death
• Bungee Jump
• The James Webb Telescope
• Space Station - Mars

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Another way to do labs

• Pendulum
• Spring mass
• Recipe/Confirmation labs
• OR
• Real Investigations

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Pendulum - Two ways
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Pendulum Lab- another way
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Design and Build

• Trebuchet
• Wind turbine
• Bridge Building

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