Syllabus
Engineering Principles
Room 124 - Richard W. Lipham
First Semester
1st Six WeeksI Class Rules
II Introduction to Engineering Principles
III Measurement
IV System Model
V Structures
Box crush
Tower
Paper Bridge
Balsa Bridge
VI Introduction to B.E.S.T. Robotics
VII Transportation
Wind Car
Mouse trap car
2nd Six Weeks
I Engineering with Robots
B.E.S.T
Robotics
Lego Robotics using
Mindsotrm
Programming Lego Mindstorm
II Report
writing
Research paper on robotics
3rd Six Weeks
I Structures
Buildings
Dams
Power generating
Transportation systems
II Create a model of a
structure
Second Semester
4th Six Weeks
I Engineering and Flight
Paper
airplanes
Balsa airplanes
Flight Simulator
Engineering and Rocketry
Paper Rockets
Solid fuel rockets
5th Six Weeks
I CADD Drawing
Bridge design
contest
Balsa Bridges
II Energy in motion
Egg Drop
Car crash
6th Six Weeks
I Energy Systems
Solar
Power generation
Electrical Energy
Pneumatics
Hydraulics