Everyday Engineering : Integrating Science and Engineering Activities (Science Scope compendium).

The idea for Everyday Engineering began with our interest in design and production issues related to the simple ballpoint pen. We were struck by the elegance of the means for retracting the reservoir and transferring the ink to paper?. For some months, we found ourselves taking a number of things ap...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Moyer, Richard
Other Authors: Everett, Susan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Arlington : National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), 2012.
Subjects:
Inventions > Popular works.
Engineering > Popular works.
Inventions > Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
Ingénierie > Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
Engineering
Inventions
Popular works
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Acknowledgments; PART 1: What is This Thing Called Engineering?; 1
  • An introduction to Everyday Engineering; PART 2: Office Engineering; 2
  • What Makes a Bic Click?; 3
  • Clips and Clamps; PART 3: Kitchen Engineering; 4
  • Time's Up, Turkey-Pop-Up Thermometers; 5
  • Charcoal-Can It Corral Chlorine?; 6
  • What Makes a Better Box?; 7
  • It's (Zipped) in the Bag; PART 4: Bathroom Engineering; 8
  • An Absorbing Look at Terry Cloth Towels; 9
  • Toothbrush Design-Is There a Better Bristle?; PART 5: Electrical Engineering; 10
  • Holiday Blinkers; 11
  • Windmills are Going Around Again.
  • 12
  • A Little (Flash) of LightPART 6: Outdoor Recreational Engineering; 13
  • Life Preservers-Increase your ""v"" to Lower Your ""D""; 14
  • Ain't She Sweet-Bats, Rackets, Golf Clubs, and All; 15 -What Makes a Squirt Gun Squirt?; Index.

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