This STEM course makes a contribution to the curriculum by providing opportunities for students and teachers to link content together and apply it to solve problems. More and more jobs demand advanced skills, requiring that people be able to learn, reason, think creatively, make decisions, and solve problems. An understanding of science, technology, engineering and math and their methods contribute in an essential way to these skills. Principles of Engineering is a team based advanced course designed for most students. The Principles of Engineering courses intention and purpose is to educate students in a “main line” method providing STEM education for everyone. While providing a STEM based education for all students, those interested in becoming practicing engineers clearly benefit from this course content.
139-236 Clock Hours Total (AVG: 188 Clock Hours)
$995.00 – $2,850.00
Course supplies and widgets are not included in the subscription cost. Materials can be sourced on your own or purchased through Nasco Educational Services.
Individual Units in this Course:
Basic Electricity 2.0
Electricity is a big mystery to people. They hear it is dangerous, they know that they can flip on a switch to get it, but very few know what happens once that switch or circuit is now open. What is Ohm's law? How does a switch work? How about you create a game...
Design and Modeling
Everything for the year comes to a head with the designing of the Solar Car. Groups can use their communication skills, their research skills, their teamwork, and their knowledge of history to create a design of a car that could really work. All aspects of this...
Engineering Communications 2.0
Taking up where the last unit left off, now the student is ready to communicate using drawings. The following lessons give the student a wide array of practice in how they can show what their design should look like. These two units form the basis of how students...
Engineering Disciplines
How are Engineering jobs going to change in the future? Will robots take most of the jobs out there? How much problem solving will all jobs need now? This is an opportunity for students to explore this question, and, possibly, see where their skills and their...
Failure: The Secret to Success
This has been hailed by parents as the best lesson they have seen. Getting your students to understand it is okay to fail is going to be your biggest challenge. Show them how professionals deal with it every day and allow your students to explore their own...
Fluid Power 2.0
This unit includes simple experiments for students that Illustrate how pressure distributes itself in a closed system. Students also work to determine ratios between similar and dissimilar volumes acting on one another. Pneumatics experiments Hydraulics...
Historical Engineering Timeline
By examining Moore's Law as the example in this unit, students gain valuable experience and knowledge in the world of Computer Engineering, Electronics Designing, and how to be a better consumer when it comes to buying such products. Moore's Law Time: 4-7...
History of the Early Engineering Disciplines
Bridges, the oldest form of Engineering there is. How does one get from here to there safely? West Point Bridge Builder is a joy to play with, and with it, students explore the world of Civil Engineering, Construction, and Welding. How we save water in the age...
Introduction to Electromagnetism and Induction
Nothing is more exciting than watching Electromagnetism at work. Taking something invisible and having the students explore it to the point of mastery is a worthy experience for any student. Being able to make a speaker is just icing on the cake. With such...
Kick out the Ladder
Honda has a saying, wait until someone gets half-way up the ladder, then kick it out from underneath them. Why? To get them to think differently. We suggest this unit as you start your new semester, try something different. Kick Out the Ladder Time: 1...