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Building Bridges: Making the connection between Physics and Engineering.

Building Bridges: Making the connection between Physics and Engineering. John Atherton Toronto District School Board. Who’s talking?. Mechanical Engineering Degree Commissioning Engineer, Large Steam Turbines Design and build drinking water systems

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Building Bridges: Making the connection between Physics and Engineering.

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  1. Building Bridges: Making the connection between Physics and Engineering. John Atherton Toronto District School Board

  2. Who’s 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

  3. What’s 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!

  4. Curriculum Links • Lots! • See file

  5. 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

  6. Application based tasks

  7. 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

  8. Car Crash Investigation

  9. Width of both roads = 16 m Vehicles found fused together here in Sam’s empty car park Distance = Mass of car A = 1000 kg Angle = Sam’s Ice cream shop – closed for the season VA =? Mass of Truck B= 2200 kg Point of impact (from debris on road) VB =? Diagram of Accident Scene Car Crash Investigation

  10. Car Crash Calculator

  11. Wall of Death

  12. Wall of Death

  13. Wall of Death

  14. Wall of Death Assignment

  15. Wall of Death calculator

  16. Bungee Jump

  17. Bungee Jump

  18. Bungee Jump calculator

  19. James Webb NGST

  20. James Webb Space Telelscope (NGST) In orbit around the Sun not the Earth

  21. James Webb NGST

  22. Space Station Design

  23. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) • 23:30 • 25:42 • 27:40 • 52:30 • 53:50

  24. 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

  25. Another way to do labs • Pendulum • Spring mass Recipe/Confirmation labs OR Real Investigations

  26. Pendulum - Two ways

  27. Pendulum Lab- another way

  28. Design and Build • Trebuchet • Wind turbine • Bridge Building

  29. Other interesting projects for Physics

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