What is Engineering about?

Simple Machines

Create a Word document with a table that has four columns and eight rows then complete it.

The Six (Seven) Simple Machines

(Normally there are "six" simple machines but some people include gears as a seventh one.)

(To set out a formula, try inserting a table with only columns, a different column for each bit of the formula. Border thickness zero.)

Use the following links to get the information.

Teach Engineering: Just Plane Simple (copy images in bottom half)

http://www.uark.edu/depts/aeedhp/agscience/simpmach.htm

Use Google to find any needed information on gears

Out of interest look at this page:

http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/InventorsToolbox.html

Then do this:

Simple machines exercise

Look at this exercise for little kids and mentally make sure you would be able to do it:

http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/pdf/simple-machines-pre-test.pdf

Then

Fun activity - meant for young kids but still useful.

Go to

http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/

click on Start.

Choose activity - garage

Skip intro

Click on the different items and answer the questions.

Look at the others out of interest.

Aeronautical engineering

Go to this page:

http://www.ueet.nasa.gov/StudentSite/

Look through: what is Aeronautics

Look through: Dynamics of flight

Click on Airplanes - http://www.ueet.nasa.gov/StudentSite/airplanes.html

Notice the six parts of a plane.

In a new browser window, open this pdf file: How a plane is controlled

Scroll down to Figure 2.

TASK: In a new Word document, DRAW an aeroplane like the one in Figure 2, and label it as in both figure 2 and the six parts of a plane in the other window.