Woodworking
Band Saw Basics
This project gives detailed advice and guidelines for ensuring safe and injury-free student use of the band saw, plus introductory projects that provide experience with measurement, mathematics and scaling, in addition to hands-on band saw use.
Constructing a Simple Gyroscope
Students learn about the physics of gyroscopes and their various applications, then construct a simple gyroscope based on the design of a spinning top.
Design and Build Gumball Machines
Students get great experience with research and design, problem solving, use of jigs and fixtures, and the details of the mass production process.
Doghouse Project Hones Construction Skills
Students build a doghouse from the ground up! From laying out components and performing slump tests to setting footers and laying shingles. Includes lots of supplemental material, including detailed procedures, materials cost and estimation charts, CAD drawings, glossary and more.
Making a Laser Level
This project gives detailed procedure for constructing an inexpensive, very accurate level that incorporates a laser pointer.
Manuscript Copyholder Project
Here’s an item that’s easy to fabricate out of common materials. It can be either an individual project or a production item that can easily be modified and mass produced.
Mass Producing a Paper-Cup Dispenser
Mass-producing this paper-cup dispenser teaches both mass-production procedures and woodworking skills. Mini project, only $2.95.
Materials Science
Middle schoolers learn about the basic types of materials and their properties, how to measure and safely use basic tools, and how to design and construct a prototype and final project using these materials.
Miniature Seesaw Project
Teaches Basic Electricity and Magnetism. Students build an electrically-operated seesaw that serves as an excellent model for visualizing magnetic repulsion and also helps with understanding the left-hand rule of current flow.
Pinball Machine Project
Find out who’s the pinball wizard in your classroom! This project challenges students to design and construct their own pinball machine using their knowledge of simple machines, such as gears, pulleys, inclined planes, levers, and wheels. Students also learn various engineering concepts while honing their problem-solving skills. Perfect for Introduction to Technology classes. Project includes a design brief, materials and equipment lists, a grading rubric, guidelines for a written project summary, and a list of standards addressed.
Three Handy Filler Projects
These quick projects teach woodworking skills and provide students with self-made entertainment.
Three
Handy Wooden Kitchen Tools
Project includes instructions for making a spaghetti serving
sizer, a napkin holder, and a set of spice containers. Projects teach hand
tool use, turning on a lathe, and a variety of joinery methods.
Three-Piece Puzzle
In the course of making wooden puzzles, students learn about the various roles involved in industrial production (procurement, product engineering, process engineering, plant engineering, personnel management and administration), as well as about such concepts as prototype, quality control, and industrial safety.
Toy Truck Project
This activity uses inexpensive 2 x 4 lumber and is well suited for mass production.
Wooden Game Project
This lab activity makes an excellent mass-production project. Mini project, only $2.95.
Wooden Pizza Cutter
A clever wood project teaches students about rotary routing jigs and mass production techniques—and provides them with a tool for slicing a treat!
Subject Codes:
- A — Applied Academics
- B — Building Trades / Construction
- C— Communication
- D — Drafting / Design / CAD
- E — Electricity / Electronics / Computer Technology
- G — Grading / Assessment
- M — Manufacturing
- PE — Power / Energy
- P — Problem Solving / Pre-Engineering
- S — Great for Substitutes
- T — Transportation
- W — Woodworking
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