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Designing Harmonic Timing Devices: Ready, Set, Escape
| Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
|---|---|
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Description | Students are asked to design simple yet accurate timing devices using limited supplies. The challenge is to create a device that measures out a time period of exactly three minutes in order to enable a hypothetical prison escape. Students are asked to design simple yet accurate timing devices using limited supplies. The challenge is to create a device that measures out a time period of exactly three minutes in order to enable a hypothetical prison escape. Student groups brainstorm ideas using the different materials provided. They observe and explain the effects of conservation of energy. |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Regents of The University of Colorado Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
| Subject Keyword | Physical Science Science and Technology Kinetic Energy Simple Harmonic Motion Conservation of Energy Harmonic Motion Potential Energy Engineering Design Process |
| Content Type | Text |
| Time Required | PT2H |
| Education Level | Class IX Class X Class XI Class XII |
| Pedagogy | Experimental Activity |
| Resource Type | Hands-on |
| Subject | Physics Technical |
