Engineering and Integrated STEM
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Universal System Design
Author: Jaime Knapp
Students use their understanding of the Universal System Design to draw and revise a GauGAN painting, learning about Generative Adversarial Networks in the process.
Software Note. This lesson uses a deprecated online tool called GauGAN. The only currently working version of this tool works on Windows machines with NVIDIA graphics cards, and can be found here: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/studio/canvas/
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Designing Assistive Devices using Pixlr X and TinkerCAD
Author: Lashandia Hill
Students use digital tools and the iterative engineering design process to design a device they can use in a kitchen to help organize things used everyday.
Standard: CSS.IDC.6-8.29 Create digital artifacts to address a current issue requiring resolution.
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Engineering Design Process, Sign Language, and ML
Author: Daniel Schack
Students use their understanding of the engineering and design process to design a teachable machine to translate American Sign Language. Standards alignment: MS-ETS1-1.
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Product Design and Entrepreneurship Using Tinkercad
Author: Bonnie Castillo
Students design a 3d printable object that can also be sold to classmates or teachers, learning about entreprenuership, fundraising and 3D design.
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Design a Boat!
Author: Brenda Frank
As part of the Design Thinking Process, students will work as part of a team to create a cardboard boat that can race across a pool carrying one passenger, without sinking or falling apart, using only cardboard, duct tape and bubble wrap. This lesson is part of the third step, Design, where students will take their hand-drawn sketches and create a 3D prototype of their boat using shapes, the scribble tool and notes in Tinkercad.
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