Link Properites in the Title Block
This exercise will assist students in learning how to link properities and their values to text in a Title block. Understanding how properties such as mass and material in a part can be linked directly to the drawing is an
... ContinuedLearning Areas and Volumes
This lesson shows the importance of knowing an objects size in volume and area are practical things we use all the time. This lesson plan relates to actual circumstances. Students will receive mathematical practice in solving simple types of
... ContinuedDesign and Testing of an ROV Float
This lesson provides an example of the growing area of technology in underwater exploration. This class will be designing and building working ROVs to perform a number of tasks. The ROVs will be completely designed using SolidWorks and explore the
... ContinuedCantilever Beam Design
Design a cantilevered I-beam to carry a distributed load of 30 kN. Conduct a stress analysis of the original beam. The original cross section is shown to the right. Optimize the beam by determining the lowest cross sectional area subject
... ContinuedFracture Mechanics
This lesson explores the use of SolidWorks and CosmosWorks to model and study fundamentals of fracture mechanics. This lesson will be part of Introduction to Material Science course taught at Sophomore/Junior Years at college level. The class will first find
... ContinuedScale Factor for Surface Area and Volume
This lesson is an exploration in the relationship between scale factor and surface area and volume in solids. In the first part students create three different areas to investigate scale factor. These sketches will then be used in the second
... ContinuedSolidWorks STEM Curriculum
The SolidWorks Education Edition includes the SolidWorks Curriculum and Courseware DVD with a variety of flexible, cost effective, hands on activities in engineering design and applied Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) principles. No matter what your grade level,
... ContinuedKitchen Cabinet
Using the 2d to 3d geometrical transitions, the kitchen cabinet represents a collection of simple geometry patterns that introduce the major components of SolidWorks. In addition, the SolidWorks Email Conversion Operation allows students to submit teacher approved projects into the
... ContinuedComparing the Size of the Hydrogen Atom’s Nucleus to its Orbital
This exercise will assist students in visualizing how little of the space occupied by an atom actually contains matter. This exercise will create a scaled model of the hydrogen atom with which students can zoom from an external view of
... ContinuedIncline Plane
Students explore the advantage of an incline plane in this lesson. The objectives are to identify the six simple machines, calculate the ideal mechanical advantage of an inclined plane and explain how changing the length and height of
... ContinuedReal Life Calculus Min-Max Applications
This lesson helps the student better visualize, in three dimensions, what the calculus based maxiumum/minimum equations show in mathematical terms. Once the student has created the solid object in SolidWorks, he/she can manipulate it (rotate in 3D space) and
... 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
... ContinuedProblem Solving with Patterns
Students learn to apply engineering design to solve a real-world manufacturing problem. The following concepts are explored: linear patterns (spacing and direction), circular patterns (angles and axis), using above concepts solve real-world problems. Contributed by Dan Benfield. Lesson Plan: ProblemSolvingwithPatterns
... ContinuedMoment of Inertia Contest
T Students will design a wheel with a 3 inch diameter to go down a 30 degree ramp with the smallest moment of inertia. Lesson includes operations for the wheel to be produced with a 3D Printer. The lesson
... ContinuedDesigning and Analzying a Trebuchet Throwing Arm
This lesson defines the following STEM concepts: Physics Concepts of the fulcrum design (examples – pivot point, counter weight and projectile weight), Engineering – Material strength and elasticity. Design concepts and problem solving, Math – Geometrical design and computation
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