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Big Ideas
Designers have an environmental responsibility
The relationship between energy and the
environment.
The concept of design thinking
Enduring Understandings
The development of battery technology is a key part of a sustainable future
Electricity can be generated from a chemical reaction.
Essential Questions
How can energy be stored?
How do batteries actually work?
What value do we place on 'green technology"?
How do successful designs address a need or solve a problem?
Your design challenge is to design and make a small emergency charger that could be used to keep mobile devices operational for a short period of time. This design is not intended to be the permanent charging solution for personal electronic devices. A more complex circuit, with battery protection would be needed.
You will explore:
How energy can be generated sustainably and how it can be stored.
How batteries and solar panels work
How to design for 3D Printing
Electronic circuits.
Warning: do not leave this device unattended in bright sunlight for an extended period of time.
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