Chemistry
“Art Can Make Engineering Beautiful”: Ela Kurowska Brings Art to Life with Light Forms, Part Three
Ela Kurowska is a Canadian scientist-turned-artist who utilizes scientific principles to create Light Forms, a photography art project exploring the abstract origins of life using the photoelastic effect. Read her story from the beginning and learn more about the process
... ContinuedArt Experiments: Ela Kurowska Brings Art to Life with Light Forms, Part Two
Ela Kurowska is a Canadian scientist-turned-artist who utilizes scientific principles to create Light Forms, a photo-based art project exploring the abstract origins of life using the photoelastic effect. Read part one of her story here. Art Experiments What do you
... ContinuedDiscovering Art and Science: Ela Kurowska Brings Art to Life with Light Forms, Part One
In the age of digital design, how rare and thrilling is it to look at a photograph and have no idea what you are seeing? To be unable to decipher what methods and materials were used to create an image?
... ContinuedSolidWorks – An Unexpected Tool Inside the Laboratory
Kayane Dingilian, Chemical Engineering student and researcher, California Institute of Technology, sent us this story on how SolidWorks Flow Simulation is helping to “speed up my research and get to the results more quickly than ever.” Kayane, thank you for
... ContinuedCreating a New Folder Location in the Design Library
In this video, a new folder location is created in the design library is created to allow easy assembly of models. In this case molecules will be created using elements from this newly created design folder. Creating a design
... ContinuedSolidWorks World Day 3 2013 – Design without Limits
SolidWorks World Day 3 is filled with inspiration when mentor, Tom Atchison of the Rocket Mavericks took to the stage during General Session. Tom is the leader and visionary behind the Mavericks. Tom shares the Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM)
... ContinuedSolidWorks World Celebrates Educators and Their Students
SolidWorks World 2013 is only a few days a way and I wanted to share with you the featured speakers at the Education Breakout Sessions. Justin Lai, Lemelson MIT InvenTeams and Dan Schab, math teacher, Michigan teacher of the year (2005-2006) and mentor, Williamston
... ContinuedProfessional Development for Teachers this Summer – Free From SolidWorks
If you are a teacher that needs professional development hours before school starts, wants to investigate STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Math) lessons, needs a great visualization tool, or just wants to learn what Computer Aided Design (CAD) can do for
... ContinuedTeaching Sustainable Design
Last year, SolidWorks introduced SolidWorks Sustainability, a software application that allows your students to evaluate carbon footprint, energy consumed, air acidfication and water eutrification on a 3D model based on material, manufacturing process, where the product is manufactured, and where
... ContinuedIntroducing The STEM Academy
I was fortuante to meet with educators this week at the ACTE conference in Nashville. What a great time to be in technology and engineering education with the importance of making math and science relevant for all students. That is why
... ContinuedDensity of various materials
Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) STEM Concepts Addressed: This lesson develops the density of several different materials and different shapes. Density is calculated from dividing the object’s mass by its volume. Students will see that the mass of the
... ContinuedBoyle’s Law
Students learn to apply Chemistry (Boyle’s Law), Geometry (Volume of a cylinder), Algebra (Solving for unknown variables), Metric Units Conversion, Modeling Physical Parts and Assemblies Contributed by A. Lee Sumner. Lesson Plan: boyles_law
... ContinuedModeling an Atom
This lesson develops the spherical and circular geometry utilized to create an atom with a nucleus and electrons in orbit. Students will create a sphere with multiple configurations to represent different elements of the atom. This original ideal was provided
... ContinuedColumn Chromatography
Lesson Plan: Column_chromatography Students utilize SolidWorks to prepare a model for their column. Students utilize internet research to prepare a brief flowchart for liquid chromatography. This schematic will include: detector cell; column; solvent reservoir; sample loop; and data
... ContinuedLesson Plan: Overview of Course & Technology Tools
This lesson provides an overview to the SolidWorks – STEM online course. The course supports teachers developing their 3D skills in SolidWorks while applying theoretical concepts in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) curriculum. Basic math, algebra, geometry, trigonometry and
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