Engineering

Punkah Louvres and the History of Ventilation and AC: Students will learn about the history of Punkah Louvres, ventilation, and AC on ships. This can be used for history, technology, or engineering and features discussion questions as well as an NGSS-aligned experiment.
(Grades K – 2, 3 – 5)

Aluminum Foil Boats: Make aluminum boats to learn how CS is a fundamentally problem-solving discipline.
(Grades 3 – 5, 5 – 8, 9 – 12)

Buoyancy with Lego Boats: Conduct a sink or float experiment and then test buoyancy by building Lego boats.
(Grades K – 4)

Dimensional Analysis for Steamships: Students will learn how to use the method of dimensional analysis to solve simple problems. This method can be used to solve problems in math, science, and engineering.
(Grades 9 – 12)

From Telegraph to Text- How Undersea Cables Connect Us All: Students will learn the engineering design process, how to cite scientific sources, and how to communicate their claims with evidence.
(Grades 9 – 12)

Building Cryptosystems – Secret Messages: Click on this cipher to view a lesson on how to encode and decode secret messages.
(Grades 9 – 12)

Learn about marine engineering.