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Build a Wind Tunnel
Teachers can build this inexpensive wind tunnel. Background information and construction tips included.

A Clock for All Lessons
A woodworking project for student teachers working with beginning students.

Light Traces
Combines woodworking and electricity. For middle school and high school levels.

A Curriculum for Teaching 32mm Cabinet Construction
Ideal for high school and postsecondary programs.

Learning Technology thru Technology
A simple project that develops student's critical-thinking and writing skills while helping them develop an interactive website. Grade level: High school

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Alphabetical Listing of Available Projects:

A-B       C-D       E-H       I-L       M-O       P-R       S-T       U-Z

Following each project name are codes showing applicable subject areas.

3-D Visualization Practice with Cube Puzzles D/P

Acrylic Project A

Alternative Energy Vehicles: The Commuter Scooter E/PE/T

Applied Mathematics A/B/D/M/S/P

Astigmatism Diagnosis Graphic D

Band Saw Basics W

Basic Electronic Circuits E

Battery Comparator E

Bat Wing Flyer: A Glider Challenge P/T

The Bicycle: A Great Vehicle for Learning A/T

Binary Systems E

Biotechnology: Drive-by-Wire D/P

Biotechnology: Ergonomics D/P

Biotechnology: Hydroponics P

Biotechnology: Uncle Sam the Radioactive Man P

Biotechnology: Waste Management P

Bipolar Transistor Operation and Configuration E

Boomerangs! P/T

Building a Simple Jeopardy Circuit E

Building a Putt-Putt Golf Obstacle P

Bulletproof Electronic Box E

Calculating Home Electricity Consumption A/E/PE

Cardboard Boat Project A/D/P/T

Cardboard Chair Design D/P

Cardboard Wind Tunnel P/T

Career Posters A

Cast Ring M

Catalog Purchase Orders M/S

Cereal Box Design A/C/D/P

Cheapo Aerospace Technology P/T

CNC Activity Introduces the Flatbed Router M

CNC Programming M

Collapsible Structures B/D/P

Constructing a Simple Gyroscopes A

Constructing a Printed-Circuit Board Quiz Game Project E

Construction Acoustics: Acoustical Insulator B/P

Conveyor Systems M

Cookin' with Sun—Design and Build Solar Cookers PE

Cost-Effective Tower Building and Testing B/P

Crash Testing in the Lab T

Creating a Coin Sorter D/P

Creating a Foot Mouse D/P

Creating an Effective Newsletter C

Creativity P

Crumple Zones D/M/P/T

Cryptology C/P

Current-Measuring-Skills Tester E

Deck Construction B/D

Descriptive Geometry Project A/D/P

Design and Build Gumball Machines M/W

Designer Concrete A

Designing and Testing a Model Car Frame M/T

Designing Machine Elements in CAD D/M

Designing Memorials and Monuments D

Designing Playgrounds D

Digital Photography C

Doghouse Project Hones Construction Skills B

Drafting Challenges D

Egg Bungee Jump! A/P

Electric Power: Decisions for the Future E

Electronic Ear E

Electronics Technology Design Project E

Emergency Electric Candle E

Encourage Recycling Through Communications Project A/C

Energy Conservation A/PE

Engineering Design: Testing Paper Clip Strength D/P/S

The Evolution of Communicaton C

Factory Layout and Planning M/P/S

Fence Construction B/D

Fiber Optics: The Firefly Communicator C/E

Fire as Technology P/PE

Forensics 101—Applying Physics to Solve Crimes A/P

Gears A/M

General Challenges P/S

General Challenges 2 P

Geodesic Dome B/D

Geodesic Dome Construction A/B

Glider Design for Beginners T

Ground Effect Vehicles PE/T

GPS Projects for the Technology Class P

A Guide to Scanning and Photoshop C

Hero’s Steam Engine PE

Hydrodynamics PE/T

Hydrodynamics and Boat Hull Design PE/T

In-House Yearbook Production C

Industrial Design D/M/P

Industrial Design: Packaging Design M/C

Industrial Models: A Futuristic Product D/M/P

Industrial Technology Project Grading Rubric G

Information Storage and Retrieval: A Mechanical Database E

Introduction to Microchips E

It’s High Time to Make Sundials A/D/M

Katapultos: Teaching Basic Statistics with Ballistics A/P

Lab-Built Op-Amp Checker E

Lab-Built BJT Checker E

Landscape Architecture: Design and Problem Solving D

Landscape Architecture Digital Portfolio Project D

Larry Bob’s Block D/M

Lasers A/D/P

Launch Pad Design P

Lawn Mower Electronic Shutoff E

Lighter-Than-Air-Vehicles: The Hot-Air Balloon PE/P/T

Making a Laser Level B/W

Manufacturing: Angles and Lines A/M/S

Manufacturing: Criteria Ranking M/P

Manufacturing: PHD Blocks D/M

Manuscript Copyholder Project M/W

Marble-A-Maze A/P

Mass Producing a Paper-Cup Dispenser M/W

Materials Science D/M/P

Materials Science Research: The Hygrometer M

Math Challenges A/S

Mini Solar Race Car PE/T

Mini Transmitter C/E

Miniature Seesaw Project Teaches Basic Electricity and Magnetism E/W

Model Glider T

Music-Controlled Lights E

A New Twist to Bridge and Tower Building A/B/P

Newspaper Structures A/P

Newton's Laws of Motion Challenge A

Patio Stone Project B

Pinhole Camera for Science, Art, and Fun C

“Pitching” Video Games C/E

Planned Community B/D/P

Plaster Balloon Sculpture M

Platonic Solids A/D

Pneumatics M/PE

Portfolio Grading System G

Power: Gyroscopes PE

Power: Magnetic Levitation E/PE

Pressurized Air/Water Rocketry—Build, Test and Learn! A

Problem Solving Discovery Days P/S

Problem Solving with Commercial Illustrations C/P

Produce Eye-Catching Silk Screen Projects with Digital Posterizations C

Project Gizmo D/M/P

Project X Air Cannon A/P/T

Pyramid Pinhole Camera C

Question Dice M

Robotics: The Manipulator M/PE

Rubrics for Drafting and Engineering Classes D/G/P

Scale Model House B/D

Silk Screening Across the Curriculum C

Sim CIM Sundaes M

Simple Sextant A

Skateboard Park D/PE

A Skateboard Project That Really Rocks! M

Snap! Catch Students' Attention with Mousetrap Vehicles A

Solar Energy Collector PE

Solar Energy Experiments E/PE

Solar Water Skimmer PE/T

Soma Cube A/D/M

Space Dock & Worm Hole A/M/S

Stop and Go Vehicle E

Structural Truss Elements and Forces B

Structures and Bridges B/P

Submarines: Building a Water Elevator P/T

Supertankers P/T

Technical Reading and Writing A

Teacher-Built Controls Trainer E

Teach Duotone Production with Screen Printing C

Tensional Integrity A/B/P

Testing How Structure and Shape Affect Strength B

Three Handy Filler Projects W

Three-Piece Puzzle D/M/W

Time-Motion Study M

Toothpick Experiment: Investigating Construction Strength B/P

Towers: A Smashing Activity A/P

Toy Truck Project W,M

Transportation Signals E

Turbines PE

Twenty-Second Timer P

Understanding Automotive Relays T

Up Periscope A/E/P/T

Usability Testing C

Use PowerPoint to Introduce Graphic Design C

Using Jigs and Fixtures: A Design Brief M

Vacuum Cannon: A Demonstration of the Power of Atmospheric Pressure D/PE/P

Wanted! Famous Technologists Posters A/C

Wind Power & Wind Turbines A/PE/P

Wind Tunnel P/T

Windows OS Troubleshooting E

Wing on a String T

Wooden Game Project W

Wooden Pizza Cutter M/W

World Trade Center B/D/W

Wright Brothers’ Bat P/T

Wright Wings: An Introduction to Aero-Modeling Basics P/T

Write Right! A/C

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