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The Mini Page — 2009 Activities
Making Our Lives Better
Issue 7
Feb. 14-20
This week's standards:
- Students understand the abilities of technological design. (Science: Science and Technology)
- Students develop abilities of technological design, understanding about science and technology, and abilities to distinguish between natural objects and objects made by humans. (Science: Science & Technology)
Activities:
1. Make a set of engineering trading cards. Select five different kinds of engineers in todayıs Mini Page. Write the name of the engineer on one side of a 3-by-5-inch card. On the other side, paste a newspaper picture that shows the kind of work that engineer might do.
2. Make a list of the different engineers shown in todayıs Mini Page. Then interview friends and family members. Ask each person what kind of engineer he or she finds the most interesting. Have them tell you why they made that choice.
3. Find five newspaper pictures of different kinds of structures, such as a building or highway. Paste the pictures on a piece of paper. Put a star next to the picture of the structure you think was the most difficult to design. Put a check by the picture of the structure that was the easiest to design. Discuss your choices with a family member.
4. What type of engineer might work with (a) transportation, (b) home construction, (c) lakes and rivers, and (d) medicine?
5. Use resource books and the Internet to learn more about a specific type of engineer. Use these questions to guide your research: What type of courses would the engineer take in college? Where would that engineer work? What do you think would be the hardest part of the job? If you wanted to be that kind of engineer, what type of part-time work or summer job could you do that would give you some experience in that field? Write a paragraph discussing your research.
Standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
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