Engineering Activities and Links
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If you come across an excellent resource, let us know at hello@harborandsprout.com so we can add it to the list!Engineering Projects: https://www.teachingexpertise.com/classroom-ideas/8th-grade-engineering-projects/
Interactive Calculator: https://www.wolframalpha.com/
STEM Projects: https://www.sciencebuddies.org/stem-activities/subjects/high-school
Engineering Focus Lessons: https://www.spark101.org/lessons/Engineering
Engineering Challenges: https://www.sciencebuddies.org/blog/engineering-challenges-high-school
Kelvin experiment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sArNxGnYhNU
What is engineering? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btGYcizV0iI
Crash Course Physics playlist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoO5d5P0Jn4&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtN0ge7yDk_UA0ldZJdhwkoV
Newton’s Laws (Crash Course #5): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKKM8Y-u7ds
Free-fall motion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWsjtovRqw4
Free-Fall (Short video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EOOL58Td0s
Air Resistance and Terminal Velocity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67V6ukurLFI
Skydiving Air Resistance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTa1KfR1EL8
What is a Joule?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYpZSdSEk4A
What is a Newton?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2kXTX3rnKk
Law of Conservation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTK9JrKC6EY
Physics teacher demonstrates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77ZF50ve6rs
Physics experiments at home: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YD_WyT-n5s
Build a siege tower: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9wTL8y-Ue0
Crash Course Engineering playlist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToC8rFFp88Y&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtO4A_tL6DLZRotxEb114cMR
Wright Brothers Controversy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOJVrjRHAT0
Morse Code Translator: https://morsecode.world/international/translator.html
Crash Course Engineering playlist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToC8rFFp88Y&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtO4A_tL6DLZRotxEb114cMR
Telecommunications: https://youtu.be/x2Kbm9dPb2A
Alexander Graham Bell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsRt5lBdBfE
Hertz’s experiment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gDFll6Ge7g
Hertz validates Maxwell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E46ZU2rsupA
The Joy of Radio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUMXc6fi7yk
Philo Farnsworth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9g3KQOEsa0
History of the computer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjVX47dLlN8
Podcast interview with Marcian (Ted) Hoff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5BUliSspNA
History of the Internet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8K49dD52WA
Arc lighting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcpS_Vz0BiA
Incandescent light: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPaeIFjpoQ8
Biomimicry project ideas: https://asknature.org/resource/introducing-biomimicry-in-hs/
Exaples of Biomimicry: https://www.learnbiomimicry.com/blog/best-biomimicry-examples
Biomimicry film with Janine Benyus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf4oW8OtaPY
4.5 billion years in 24 hours: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2_6cqa2cP4
Examples of how we copied nature: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2GvQXvjhLA
What is biomimicry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHb_XNgIHFY
Science copies nature’s designs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d1VrCvdzbY
More than just good design: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1CpzEGhs3c
Eiffel Tower: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2ET_-pdZaw&t=30s
Biomimicry and butterflies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpEsb-fun44
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: https://youtu.be/1YWPMZ6pHm8
The Seven Wonders of the Modern World: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Dbuc6vIRnE
A short video on Whitman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdqw8VUMETg
Bard of Democracy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilBtNk_Ge9Q
Biography & Analysis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QSxlA_gV6Q
Summary and Analysis of Passage to India: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM88jaQDC00
Do Schools Kill Creativity with Sir Ken Robinson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9CE55wbtY (Warning: Contains a comment about ADHD)
Alexander Calder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUchd9wwBoI
Kinetic Art: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDHDeoMM82g
Singing arc (modern build): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S74I54cAdI
Musical Fire Table/Ruben’s Tube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2awbKQ2DLRE
Cymatics: Science vs Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3oItpVa9fs
Wintergatan Marble machine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q
Theremin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QgTF8p-284
Leon Theremin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5qf9O6c20o
Ondes Martenot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0aflcF0-ys
Radiohead and Ondes Martenot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp4mBmsV6Xk
Symphonie pour un homme seul : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQOPHVTtio0
Gesang der Jünglinge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcCs6Muljmk
Silver Apples of the Moon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EelvKqhu1M4
Switched-On Bach: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4z3AKXzIqE
Moog Synthesizer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7TJyPAyTiQ
Yamaha DX7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeHNVVcuSVs
Fairlight CMI:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOlPCpSmhRM
MIDI and the Musical Micros: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aADkqmvy44o
What is MIDI? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zFecOaD4CU
History of Audio Engineering: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZI0nDUV-lk
Audio Engineering for beginners: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq1OeBfgINcou: https://stellarium-web.org
Diddley Bow DIY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dm-5fCciOvE
Ear Training Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY9cJh7PyOQ&list=PLASEfdY-tiDqPbxiB_4sc5wiJTTSJ_rhi&index=6
Science and Music: https://www.kennedy-center.org/education/resources-for-educators/classroom-resources/media-and-interactives/media/music/connections/connections/science--music/
Statistics Crash Course playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zouPoc49xbk&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtNM_Y-bUAhblSAdWRnmBUcr
How Statistics Can Be Misleading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxYrzzy3cq8
Random Sampling and Avoiding Bias: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdXDLNNXPik
Probability Sampling Methods: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMSNf76Zav4&feature=youtu.be
Spotting Bias in a Survey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1R00l8Z5lg
Literary devices, definitions, and examples: https://writers.com/common-literary-devices
Engineering: An Illustrated History from Ancient Craft to Modern Technology by Tom Jackson
The Way Things Work by David Macaulay
Engineering for Teens: A Beginner's Book for Aspiring Engineers by Pamela McCauley PhD
The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn by Richard W. Hamming
The Things We Make: The Unknown History of Invention from Cathedrals to Soda Cans by Bill Hammack
507 Mechanical Movements by Henry T. Brown
To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design by Henry Petroski
Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down by J.E. Gordon
Bridges: A History of the World's Most Spectacular Spans by Judith Dupré