The Automobile Lesson Plan
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| Audience/Grade: | 5 - High School Senior |
| Discipline(s): |
Mechanical Engineering |
| Special Topic(s): |
History of Technology |
| Learning Resource Type: |
Teaching - Lesson Plan |
| Media Type: |
Unknown |
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Organization:ASME - American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
| Description: | "What an amazing machine. For centuries people tried everything to bring power to a vehicle ? wind, fire, steam, alcohol, and electricity. Finally, Nicholas August Otto, a German engineer, perfected the four-piston gasoline internal combustion engine. However, automobiles were hand-made and very expensive. Only the wealthy could afford them. It took Henry Ford?s development of mass production techniques in 1913 to make the automobile affordable. Lesson Synopsis: Students consider the reasons for the continued redesign of the automobile during the last 100 years. They create, test, and redesign balloon-powered model Rocket Racers." |
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| Keywords: | automotive engineering automotive history automobile design |
| Is Component of: |
ASME - American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
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| Use of Resource: |
K-12 lesson plan |
| Difficulty: |
Easy |
| Interactivity Level: |
Very low |
| Version Info | |
| Publication Date: | November 2007 |
| Platform/Format: |
WWW |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.asme.org/Education/PreCollege/EngineeringResources/Aut |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
| Collection: |
NEEDS
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