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Download full textPulis, Lee – 2000
This book is one of four books in the Science-by-Design Series created by TERC and funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). It offers high school students a challenging, hands-on opportunity to compare the function and design of many types of handwear from a hockey mitt to a surgical glove, and design and test a glove to their own…
Descriptors: Construction (Process), Design, High Schools, Problem Solving
Pulis, Lee – 2000
This book is one of four books in the Science-by-Design Series crated by TERC and funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). It integrates history, physics, mathematics, and technology in its challenge to high school students to design and build a working catapult system. Students investigate elasticity, projectile launching, and learn about…
Descriptors: Construction (Process), Design, High Schools, Mechanics (Physics)
Baroway, William – 2000
This book is one of four books in the Science-by-Design Series created by TERC and funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). It challenges high school students to investigate the physics of boat performance and work with systems and modeling. Through research, design, testing, and evaluation of a model boat, students experience the…
Descriptors: Construction (Process), Design, High Schools, Maritime Education
Zimmerly, David W. – 1986
Featuring line and construction drawings, historic photographs, and artwork, this book examines the Arctic kayak, its uses, and its importance to the Aleut, Pacific Eskimo, Yupik Eskimo, Inupiat Eskimo, and Siberian peoples. The kayak's role in these societies is explored through the observations of explorers who first viewed this unique…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, Construction Materials
