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Junk Box Wars: R evisited

Junk Box Wars: R evisited. "To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk." Thomas Edison. THE ENGINEERING DESIGN PROCESS. Junkyard Wars.

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Junk Box Wars: R evisited

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  1. Junk Box Wars:Revisited "To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk." Thomas Edison

  2. THE ENGINEERING DESIGN PROCESS

  3. Junkyard Wars Each episode takes place in a huge, specially constructed junkyard, where two teams of engineers and mechanics get ten hours to build machines scrounged from junk. Later, the teams put their contraptions to the test in a competition 5 Episodes on http://app.discoveryeducation.com/search Mechanical Monsters - Students drive remote control vehicles up steep ramps covered in different substances such as mud and sandpaper to determine the fastest surface. Then, teams compete to build and race monster trucks and climbing cars Cool Cars: Teams build drag racers and all-terrain vehicles Wild Watercraft: Teams build power boats and power rafts Wind Machines: This episode consists of two competitions. In one, teams build working gliders and in the other, they build sand yachts and sailboats with wheels that are designed to race on land Air Movers: Teams build hovercraft and street sweepers.

  4. JUNK BOX WARS Junkyard Wars for the Classroom Science Spot Junk Box Wars Science Rocks 8 Think about it? – Planning page Wrapping it Up – Reflection Rubric

  5. YOUR CHALLENGE: • Day 1: • Introduce and Explain Challenge • Students Brainstorm ideas • Complete “Think It” overnight • Day 2: • Students choose design • Students Build it • Day 3: • Final fixes and competition • Students complete “Wrap it Up”

  6. References • http://sciencespot.net/Pages/junkboxprojects.html • http://sciencespot.net/Pages/junkboxprojects.html • http://teachers.egfi-k12.org/design-process/

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