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Battery Racers: Teaching Kids about Energy Usage

Battery Racers: Teaching Kids about Energy Usage. Jake Hughes Nick Bursick Joe Biggs Kimberly Breeding. Table of Contents. Gantt Chart STEM Information Customer Needs Specifications Brainstorm Process Evaluation of Ideas Battery Racers.

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Battery Racers: Teaching Kids about Energy Usage

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  1. Battery Racers: Teaching Kids about Energy Usage Jake Hughes Nick Bursick Joe Biggs Kimberly Breeding

  2. Table of Contents • Gantt Chart • STEM Information • Customer Needs • Specifications • Brainstorm Process • Evaluation of Ideas • Battery Racers

  3. There needs to be an increased interest in the STEM disciplines

  4. Exposing kids to STEM disciplines through games will increase future interest 61% of male students say games or toys sparked their interest in STEM

  5. We gathered survey results to determine customer needs Age of Kids

  6. Specifications • Target kids 8-14 • Interactive exhibit • Length of 10-15 minutes • Individual and/or group activity • Durable • Easy to clean • Educate about batteries • 30 second reset time

  7. We used the specifications to brainstorm activities involving energy usage

  8. Screening Process

  9. Concept Scoring

  10. Decision Matrix

  11. A race car activity will satisfy our consumer needs while fitting our specifications

  12. Works Cited • https://m360.aago.org/frontend/event.aspx?EventId=68320 • http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/26/4270878/google-glass-processor-and-memory-revealed-uses-same-cpu-family-as-galaxy-nexus • http://nolimitstolearning.blogspot.com/ • http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/flash/3125.html • http://www.technapex.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/STEM-Infographic.jpg • http://lessoncast.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/STEM-Graduates-by-Nation.jpg • http://www.joe.org/joe/2014february/rb5.php • http://www.brookings.edu/research/interactives/2013/the-hidden-stem-economy

  13. Questions?

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