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| Engineers Design Cars, Planes, Toys, Skateboards, Hockey Sticks, Toothbrushes, Desks, Video Games, Just about everything you see around, is designed by engineers and they all use math and science to do it. | |
| Scientists work on every thing from the foods we eat to the chemicals in our pools. They develop Candies, Plastics, Vitamins, Computers, Ways to recycle, Thousands of neat things. |
| Discussion of a few of the math and science principles that apply to racing cars. Talking about Math and Science things that are part of our every day, while also working on making good decisions. |
| Levers and Fulcrums | |
| Pulleys | |
| Inclined Planes | |
| Wheel & Axle | |
| Screw |
| Where do we find this simple machine working every day? | |
| What is ‘leverage’? | |
| Where is the mechanical advantage? |
| What is an example of a Pulley system? | |
| Where is the advantage? |
| How is an advantage gained with an inclined plane? | |
| Give an example. |
| Give an example of a Wheel and Axle. | |
| What advantage is gained by using a wheel and axle? |
| What is Friction? | |
| Is friction good or bad? | |
| How do we use friction? | |
| Static and Dynamic Friction? |
| Gear Ratios | |
| Speed and Acceleration | |
| Distance and Circumference |
| Gear Ratio, what is it? | |
| How can we use this to our advantage? |
| V= a x t | |
| Miles per Hour | |
| Feet per second | |
| Miles per day | |
| Acceleration: how it is defined? |
| Distance: how is is it measured? | |
| Circumference? Distance where? |
| Friction | |
| Aerodynamics | |
| Centrifugal Force | |
| Gravity | |
| Newton’s Laws |
| How does a plane fly? | |
| How race cars go faster with aerodynamics? |
| Where can we find Centrifugal Force? | |
| Can we use it to our advantage? |
| What is Gravity? | |
| How do we use gravity? | |
| Can we overcome gravity? |
| Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. | |
| Body in motion will remain in motion unless acted on by an outside force. |
| Computers | |
| Electricity | |
| Recycling |
| How many of you use a computer daily? | |
| What do you use it for? | |
| Are there other uses for them? |
| Where does Electricity come from? | |
| How is it made? | |
| Do you use it daily? | |
| How can we conserve it? |
| What does Recycling mean to you? | |
| Can we recycle? | |
| What should we recycle? | |
| What are things we use that are recycled? |
Personal Health and Accountability
| Nutrition | |
| Physical Fitness | |
| Drug Free Commitment |
| Who can tell me the major food groups? | |
| How much of each one should we eat? | |
| How is nutrition important to your school work? | |
| How is nutrition important to the rest of your life? |
| What is Physical Fitness? | |
| Are you Fit? | |
| How do we stay Fit? | |
| Can we hurt our fitness? |
| Take care of your body. | |
| Take care of your mind. | |
| You can only win in life if you take responsibility for your own body and mind. | |
| Stay healthy and drug free. |