Grade 7 Category
Career Connections at SAVY 2019: Session 2, Day 3 – Strength and Structure of Engineering Materials (Rising 7th)
Jul. 17, 2019—Today was our day of engineering ethics. We started out our morning by reading and translating the engineering code of ethics as stated by the National Society for Professional Engineers (NSPE). We then discussed a lot of different engineering scenarios with a lot of complicated ethical problems. Ask your students about these scenarios! Ask them...
Career Connections at SAVY 2019: Session 2, Day 2 – Strength and Structure of Engineering Materials (Rising 7th)
Jul. 16, 2019—Today was our day of sudden catastrophic failures! We covered two types of sudden catastrophic failures. The first failure type we covered was buckling. Buckling strength is affected by many things, not just the material selected. To explore buckling strength, we got into groups and made beams with different heights, cross sectional shapes, and materials. ...
Career Connections at SAVY 2019: Session 2, Day 1 – Strength and Structure of Engineering Materials (Rising 7th grade)
Jul. 15, 2019—Hello SAVY Parents! Today we laid our foundation of materials science! This morning we learned how engineers categorize materials by discussing the differences between metals, polymers, and ceramics. We can categorize these materials based on bond type, which allows us to know broad materials properties. Ask your students the differences between these materials. How do...
Career Connections at SAVY 2019: Session 1, Day 5 – Aerospace Engineering (Rising 7th)
Jul. 12, 2019—Aerospace engineering was a wild week, and has finally come to a close. As promised, we did launch rockets, and fortunately without any mishaps! We reviewed and discussed the relations between the engineering design process and project requirements. Students spent the rest of the morning discussing their flights, failure mechanisms, and risk assessments. Students watched...
Career Connections at SAVY 2019: Session 1, Day 4 – Aerospace Engineering (Rising 7th)
Jul. 11, 2019—After the crash course of engineering, design and simulation, and fabrication, launch day had arrived. Students spent the morning verifying their newly painted rockets, comparing the actual weights to their predictions, and creating test requests. Once complete, we loaded onto the bus and traveled to the launch site. Teams split into four groups – three...
Career Connections at SAVY 2019: Session 1, Day 3 – Aerospace Engineering (Rising 7th)
Jul. 10, 2019—Today would be one of the most frustrating and challenging days for some students. For others, it would be a simple stepping stone to pass under their feet. Today was the day that they brought their ideas – the theoretical design – to the real world. As teams started to acquire parts, many different quotes...
Career Connections at SAVY 2019: Session 1, Day 2 – Aerospace Engineering (Rising 7th)
Jul. 9, 2019—The day opened with students finding a list of twenty-plus deliverables for the day, all before lunch. Not only did they have to CAD a rocket, they were required to simulate it with four separate engines, provide part lists, create requisition forms, finalize drawings, deliver formal project proposals, and design an electronic ignition box. Students...
Career Connections at SAVY 2019: Session 1, Day 1 – Aerospace Engineering (Rising 7th)
Jul. 8, 2019—Monday was a fast-paced introduction to the world of Aerospace Engineering! In our first day, students learned the differences between engineering and science, and the interrelation between. We established that as engineers, our goal is to solve problems using design. This begged the question, what are the problems that we will solve!? Mission goals were...