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Subtopic: The Design Process

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Resource	Grade Level	Media Type
Building a Dam Like a Beaver In this video segment from WGBH, children make a dam with dirt, sticks, and stones to try to stop the flow of water.	K-2	QuickTime Video
Building a Fence In this Cyberchase video segment, Harry must build a rectangular fence in his grandmother's backyard using fencing of various sizes.	3-6	QuickTime Video
Citigroup Skyscraper Design Problem This video segment adapted from Building Big looks at the challenges faced by structural engineer William LeMessurier in designing a new skyscraper and how he very closely averted disaster.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Columns: Finding the Strongest Shape In this video segment, members of the ZOOM cast experiment by bending and folding sheets of paper into various shapes to see which shape will support the weight of a heavy book.	K-8	QuickTime Video
Design and Construct a Road Sign Support Students use simple materials to design, build, and test a model of a free-standing structure used to support overhead road signs.	6-12	Lesson Plan
Design: Building a House This collection of images follows the process of building a house from cutting the trees and making the bricks to finishing construction.	K-8	Flash Image
Design for Function In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad designs an invention that will help them cross a swamp and also reach the top of a tall cliff.	3-5	QuickTime Video
Designing a Puff Mobile The air you exhale can power a puff mobile. Watch as the ZOOM cast races their air-powered designs to see which design features are the most successful.	K-5	QuickTime Video
Designing Future Cities: Alternative Energy In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, visit a class as they design a city of the future that will use solar, wind, and water power to fuel its economy.	3-8	QuickTime Video
Designing the Citigroup Skyscraper This video segment adapted from Thinking Big, Building Small shows how a structural engineer overcame the challenge of building New York's Citigroup skyscraper over a church.	3-8	QuickTime Video
Glider Boy Meet 12-year-old Jesse, the designer of dozens of gliders, in this ZOOM video segment. Some of his gliders fit in your hand, while others can only be stored in the garage. Watch his gliders go and learn why they fly.	K-8	QuickTime Video
A House for Teddy Bear In this video segment from WGBH, children experiment with cardboard and build a house for their stuffed animals.	K-2	QuickTime Video
How Do You Get to the Moon? This video, adapted from NOVA, showcases the competing engineering plans designed for landing a person on the Moon for the first time.	6-12	QuickTime Video
It's Cool to Be a Civil Engineer Who decides how massive structures like skyscrapers are made? This video segment adapted from Thinking Big, Building Small showcases the job of a civil engineer.	3-8	QuickTime Video
Kid Designer: A Comfortable Cardboard Chair Follow along in this video segment from ZOOM as 13-year-old Nick explains how he came up with a design, tested materials, and constructed his own cardboard chair.	3-12	QuickTime Video
Kid Inventor: Tennis Ball Picker-Upper Tired of bending down to pick up those runaway tennis balls? Leang can help you out with his handy invention in this video segment from ZOOM.	K-5	QuickTime Video
Kid Inventor: The Collapsible Lacrosse Stick In this video segment from ZOOM, Lauren explains how she invented a way to make her lacrosse stick fit in her backpack.	K-8	QuickTime Video
Lightning Hunters Find out how scientists and engineers use rockets to attract lightning in this video segment adapted from NOVA.	3-12	QuickTime Video
Observe One Place at Many Scales These satellite images and the companion animation from McDougal Littell/TERC begin at a scale that covers the whole Earth and zoom in to a view of the Capitol building in downtown Atlanta, Georgia.	6-12	Flash Interactive
Robotics Engineering In this video from ThinkTV Dayton, a robotics engineer describes what robots do, the rewards and challenges of his job, a typical workday, the schooling that prepared him for his career, and the future of robotics.	6-9	MPEG 4 Video
Sharing Water Between Dams In this video segment from WGBH, children figure out how to control the flow of water so it supplies two dams.	K-2	QuickTime Video
Solar Cooking Warming Up to the Properties of Solar Radiation and Its Uses in Our Homes	6-8	Lesson Plan
Solar Racing The Design, Construction and Evaluation of a Solar-Powered Car	6-8	Lesson Plan
Testing with Models In this video segment from Cyberchase, learn about the importance of creating a model as the CyberSquad designs a giant "Trojan Ducky" that will help them enter a fort without being noticed.	3-5	QuickTime Video
Triangles and Arches in Architecture This collection of still images features two of the most important shapes in architecture: the triangle and the arch.	K-8	Flash Image
What Is the Design Process? This video segment adapted from Thinking Big, Building Small outlines the step-by-step design process used by engineers.	3-12	QuickTime Video
Windmill Gallery This collection of still images features a variety of windmills and turbines.	K-12	Flash Image
Windmills: Putting Wind Energy to Work Students use simple materials to build their own windmills and learn how wind can be used to help get work done.	2	Lesson Plan