Warm-Ups

1. What is something that you really enjoy?  And what type of Engineer do you think it took to make that "thing" happen?

2. What type of engineering appeals to you the most?

1. What are you thinking to build?

2. What type of simple machines are used in the construction of Catapults?

3. Can you catch a marshmallow in your mouth if someone throws one?

1. How comfortable are you at drawing right now?

   • Anyone interested in art or experienced in the field?

2. What are some methods or techniques that you use for drawing an object?

3. What do you do when the object is not in front of you?  Like it is in your head and you are trying to describe it to someone?

1. Why is it important to know how to convert between units?

2. Convert - 53km/hr to ft/s - GO!

3. How many Sig. Figs. are in the following:

   • 0.056

   • 0.000000000000000000001

   • 3,000,000,005

   • 79,000,000,000,000,000

1. Let's Practice!

1. What are other 3D modeling terms that you know of?

2. What are the 3 types of Extrusions?

1. What is your favorite subject in Science

2. What do you enjoy more?

   1. Getting your hands dirty?

   2. Working alone?

   3. Modeling and/or Research?

3. What field of Engineering are you considering? Do you have a University you would like to attend?

1. What discipline of Civil Engineering interest you the most? Why?

2. How would you like to apply that discipline or what would be your focus within that field?

3. What would be your crowning achievement?

1. What discipline of Mechanical Engineering interest you the most? Why?

2. How would you like to apply that discipline or what would be your focus within that field?

3. What would be your crowning achievement?

1. What discipline of Electrical Engineering interest you the most? Why?

2. How would you like to apply that discipline or what would be your focus within that field?

3. What would be your crowning achievement?

1. What discipline of Chemical Engineering interest you the most? Why?

2. How would you like to apply that discipline or what would be your focus within that field?

3. What would be your crowning achievement?

   • P.S. - You should read A Short History of Nearly Everything By: Bill Bryson

1. What discipline of Biomedical or Industrial Engineering interest you the most? Why?

2. How would you like to apply that discipline or what would be your focus within that field?

3. What would be your crowning achievement?

1. Environmental Engineering is a subfield of what Major Engineering Field?

2. What do you think it is an Environmental Engineer does?

3. What is the difference between and Environmental Engineer and an Environmentalist?

1. What 2 Major Fields of Engineering combine to form the field of Robotics?

2. What other fields could be necessary to develop a robot?

3. Does your family own a robot?  Do you trust it?

1. What characteristics helped her to succeed?

1. What is Reverse Engineering

2. Why is it important?

3. Why do you think PLTW ask us to study Engineering Ethics while we look at Reverse Engineering?

1. Review The Engineering Grand Challenges

   1. Which Challenge do you feel is the most important?  Why?

   2. Which Challenge best aligned with anticipated career path?

2. What are some of the greatest Challenges to Geoengineering?

Brought to you by: Carlos Sacerio

1. Have you heard of Archimedes' Principle?

2. Why is it so important to transportation and global commerce?

Oh how interesting fluids can be!  Think of the possibilities!!

Let's learn more!!!

1. Take a guess at how many T-Shirts you own?

   1. How many of those do you actually wear?

2. Have you ever calculated your Carbon Footprint?

3. Link to Greenhouse Gas Emissions By Industry

1. Where does America's E-Waste End Up?  GPS Tracker Tells All. - PBS Article and Video

   • Start reading through the article and let's discuss the questions below before we watch the video.

2. Where did the e-waste end up?

3. What are some of the associated hazards to processing/dismantling e-waste?

4. What percentage of American e-waste is exported?

What is a constraint?  What defines a "good" constraint?

What is Design Criteria?  What defines "good" design criteria?

Content brought to you by: Carlos Sacerio

1. What ideas do you have to reduce waste?

2. What do you do personally/as a family to reduce waste?

The Compostable Cup Conundrum - Some bedtime reading!!

Content inspired by Robert "Alex" Quarles

1. Have you ever heard of the term Biomimicry?

   1. We know what bio means right?

   2. And we know what it means to mimic something right?

2. What is an example you know of for biomimicry?

Read this article on Generative Design - Click HERE

• What is a line/fact/paragraph that really speaks to you?

• In 2 words - How would you describe Generative Design?

Looking at the video now

1. What are other things that could be improved with Generative Design?

Welcome to Physics Lite!

1. What is the difference between a Scalar and a Vector?

2. What is the difference between distance and displacement?

1. What is similar product that you are familiar with?

2. How far back do you remember, or can you trace its evolution?

1. What are other examples of product improvements in the Marvel Universe?

   • Or Other Movies in general?

2. What are examples of Products that were inspired by, or the inspiration for some of these Marvel Products?

1. Why do we use a logarithmic (Log) graph?

   • What is the benefit and what is the drawback?

2. How can statistics be used to better study a situation and recognize a solution?

3. How can statistics be manipulated in order to show what you want or hide data?