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Jeff:   For ideas, if you aren't familiar with Teach Engineering, that's 
a good site to go thru.

Main site:  http://teachengineering.org

Browse the section on Science and Technology at the bottom of this 
page:  http://teachengineering.org/browse_subjectareas.php

They have a number of curricular units related to the topics you were 
mentioning.

Good luck,
Robert


Robert Payo
NSDL Outreach and Professional Development
National Science Digital Library
http://nsdl.org
303-497-2935

Jeff Rosenblatt wrote:
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> Once again a dip into this pool of knowledge...
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> Among our School Discovery Areas, we have a 2-hour and 1-hour robotics
> program for visiting student groups, k-12, at our science center.
> Students work in 6 teams, 4 students per team, constructing, programming
> and testing robots, while working at 6 workstations with computers and
> internet connectivity.  Overall, it is an immersive, experiential
> learning environment for the students.  Now, we want to add a new
> Engineering-type program in this space over one of the topics of:
> construction, environmental design, or renewable energy production.  As
> an example, I thought of using Kapla building blocks to make a structure
> and doing quake and wind testing.  The budget for any new equipment is
> not a big issue with a current funder.  Does anybody have suggestions,
> or examples of 2-hour programs that cover these Engineering topics?
> Materials you might use?  If you have experience and details, please
> share.
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> Thanks for the input, as always.
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> --Jeff--
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