Syllabus
Engineering Principles
Room 124 - Richard W. Lipham

First Semester


1st Six Weeks
I 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