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An excellent common activity in technology and engineering classes involves dropping an egg from a significant height in a protective device designed and built by students. This article describes how the author uses the classic "egg drop" as an inspiration to have students modify a small crash test vehicle that speeds down a track and crashes into…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Learning Activities, Student Projects, Teaching Methods
Board, Keith – Tech Directions, 2011
An excellent common activity in technology and engineering classes involves dropping an egg from a significant height in a protective device designed and built by students. This article describes how the author uses the classic "egg drop" as an inspiration to have students modify a small crash test vehicle that speeds down a track and crashes into…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Engineering, Technology, Student Projects
Jenkins, Bonita – Tech Directions, 2008
Nestled in the Lower Piedmont region of upstate South Carolina, Piedmont Technical College (PTC) is one of 16 technical colleges in the state. Automotive technology is one of its most popular programs. The program features an instructive, motivating activity that the author describes in this article: building a high-performance car. The Cobra…
Descriptors: Technical Institutes, Motor Vehicles, Auto Mechanics, Experiential Learning
Rudolph, Robert N. – Tech Directions, 2005
Cumberland Valley High School, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, added a modular technology laboratory as part of a recent innovation. The course that is taught in the lab runs throughout the year, and students spend 15 days at each of 10 modular stations. Between rotations, the author presents five-day projects that give the students a break from the…
Descriptors: State Standards, Educational Technology, Technology Education, Student Projects
