Everyday Engineering: Sitting Around Designing Chairs

by: Richard H. Moyer and Susan A. Everett

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This column provides an inside look at the marvels of engineering in everyday life. In this 5E–learning-cycle lesson, students use newspaper and tape to design and build a chair that is capable of supporting their weight.

Topics

Asking questions Communicating Disciplinary Core Ideas Disciplinary Core Ideas in Engineering, Technology, and the Application of Science ENCdl ETS1.A: Defining and Delimiting an Engineering Problem ETS1.B: Developing Possible Solutions ETS1: Engineering Design ETS2: Links Among Engineering, Technology, Science, and Society Experimenting Interpreting data Science and Engineering Practices Science and Technology Science as Inquiry Science Focus Science process skills SEP1: Asking Questions and Defining Problems SEP3: Planning and Carrying Out Investigations Three Dimensions of the Framework and/or NGSS

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 3/1/2016Stock # ss16_039_07_8Volume 039Issue 07

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