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NOVA: Making Stuff 
  
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This is a four-part series exploring materials that could shape our future, such as plastics that will dissolve in landfills, silk designed to be stronger than steel, smart pills,…
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/series/making-stuff/episodes/
PhET Simulation: Forces and Motion 
  
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This interactive simulation provides four components for exploring balanced and unbalanced forces. In the introductory activity, users choose from among 5 objects of different…
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/forces-and-motion
PBS LearningMedia: Segway Technology: What's Newton Got to Do with It? 
  
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In this 8-minute Flash video, physicist/inventor Dean Kamen talks about his design of the Segway personal transporter and the IBOT wheelchair. The Segway is a 2-wheeled electric…
https://oeta.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/phy03.sci.phys.mfw.segway/seg...
TryEngineering: Design a Dome 
  
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This is a lesson plan that explores principles in civil engineering and architecture, developed to help teachers integrate engineering practices in the classroom. Students work in…
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TryEngineering: Build Your Own Robot Arm 
  
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This lesson plan, appropriate for grades 6-9, asks students to create a robot arm from common household materials that include paper clips, fishing line, cardboard, brads, pencils,…
https://tryengineering.org/teacher/build-your-own-robot-arm/
Dean Kamen's Artificial Arm 
  
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This 6-minute video chronicles the efforts of inventor/physicist Dean Kamen to develop a robotic arm with the functionality and dexterity of its human counterpart. "Prosthetic legs…
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Robot Arm Tutorial 
  
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This tutorial provides background information on robotic arm technology and practical instructions for building your own. The author includes free-body diagrams, schematic drawings,…
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PhET Simulation: Balancing Act 
  
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This PhET simulation, now available in HTML5, lets students explore lever arm, torque, and static equilibrium through the context of a playground teeter-totter. It's a highly visual…
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PBS: Building Big 
  
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This large collection of labs, activities, and interactive tutorials allows kids to explore large structures and what it takes to build them. They will investigate bridges, dams,…
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PBS Learning Media: Forces Lab 
  
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This four-part interactive simulation explores some of the most important forces to be considered in structural engineering. It's a fun way for kids in Grades 4-8 to learn about…
https://oeta.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/phy03.sci.phys.mfe.bbforces/f...
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