TETRIX® Autonomous Robotics Engineering Guide
Author: Celeste Baine
Publication Date: May 15, 2010
Binding: Spiral-Bound

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Take the leap and head into autonomous robotics with this fun guide that uses the TETRIX® building system and LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Education NXT Base Set. Students will learn how to build and program robots that dance, detect light, kick soccer balls, and more. Student materials in the guide are reproducible for distribution in your classroom. Use this full-color guide alone or as a supplement, or combine with other Pitsco guides to develop a complete engineering curriculum.

Roller Coaster Engineering Teacher's Guide
Author: Celeste Baine
Publication Date: March 1, 2010
Binding: Spiral-Bound

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Purchase Roller Coaster Engineering Teacher's Guide $39.99 Roller Coaster Engineering Teacher's Guide with The Fantastical Engineer (both books together) $55.99 Roller coaster thrills STEM from engineering smarts! This guide will lead students through hands-on activities to use gravity, g-force, potential and kinetic energy, and more concepts to create fun and fast model roller coasters. Student materials in the guide are reproducible for distribution in your classroom. Use this full-color guide alone or as a supplement, or combine with other Pitsco guides to develop a complete engineering curriculum.

Tetrix R/C (Remote Contolled) Robotics Engineering Teacher's Guide
Author: Celeste Baine
Publication Date: November 1, 2009
Binding: Spiral-Bound

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The TETRIX!" R/C Robotics Engineering Teacher's Guide applies students  creativity to the field of robotics to help them learn about robot engineering, simple machines, torque, power, and problem solving. Activities guide students in creating robots that draw, dance, herd golf balls, and more! Use this full-color guide alone or as a supplement to current curriculum, or combine it with other Pitsco guides to develop an engineering curriculum.

Student materials in the guide are reproducible for distribution within your classroom.

Use this full-color guide alone or as a supplement to current curriculum, or combine it with other Pitsco Guides to develop an engineering curriculum.

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Aerospace Engineering Teacher's Guide
Author: Celeste Baine
Publication Date: March 7, 2009
Binding: Spiral-Bound

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Rockets galore! This guide launches into aerospace with five activities and three challenges using four different types of rockets. Learn about testing and controlling variables with straw rockets, fuel pressure with air-powered rockets, fuel volume and trajectory with water rockets, altitude and velocity with solid-fuel rockets, and more.

Student materials in the guide are reproducible for distribution within your classroom.

Use this full-color guide alone or as a supplement to current curriculum, or combine it with other Contextual Engineering or Getting Started Guides to develop an engineering curriculum.

Mechanical Engineering Teacher's Guide
Author: Celeste Baine
Publication Date: January 15, 2009
Binding: Spiral-Bound

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One of the oldest and most diverse forms of engineering, mechanical engineering encompasses everything from bicycles to animatronics. With this guide, students work through activities and challenges using electric and solar cars, mousetrap vehicles, siege machine kits, cranes, and other hands-on projects. Along the way, they learn and apply an understanding of simple machines, mechanical advantage, acceleration, and other topics.

Student materials in the guide are reproducible for distribution within your classroom.

Use this full-color guide alone or as a supplement to current curriculum, or combine it with other Contextual Engineering or Getting Started guides to develop an engineering curriculum.

Sustainable Energy Engineering Teacher's Guide
Author: Celeste Baine
Publication Date: September 1, 2008
Binding: Spiral-Bound

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Enlightening students to the green revolution is easier with this guide leading the charge. Starting by simply showing students how to be energy conscious, Sustainable Energy Engineering moves to activities in solar cooking, solar and fuel cell vehicles, and wind energy. It concludes with a Sustainable School Challenge in which students evaluate their own school and submit proposals to make it more green.

Student materials in the guide are reproducible for distribution within your classroom.

Use this full-color guide alone or as a supplement to current curriculum, or combine it with other Contextual Engineering or Getting Started guides to develop an engineering curriculum.

Engineering Principles Teacher's Guide
Author: Celeste Baine
Publication Date: July 30, 2008
Binding: Spiral-Bound

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A great jumping-off point for any engineering curriculum, this guide introduces students to the key tenets of engineering. Measurements, formulas, design, problem-solving methods, data analysis and graphing, and other necessary skills and information are covered through contextual learning activities.

Student materials are reproducible for distribution within your classroom.

Use this full-color guide alone or as a supplement to current curriculum or combine it with other Contextual Engineering or Getting Started Guides to develop an engineering curriculum.

Civil Engineering Teacher's Guide
Author: Celeste Baine
Publication Date: Jan. 30, 2008
Binding: Spiral-Bound

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Purchase Civil Engineering Teacher's Guide $39.99
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This Pitsco Teacher's Guide provides students with a first experience in the field of civil engineering.

Hands-on activities integrating science concepts, technology skills and tools, and mathematical processes provide contextual learning opportunities in a STEM environment. These activities parallel real-world engineering tasks and problem-solving opportunities.

Student procedures, worksheets, data tables, and other student-oriented materials are reproducible for distribution within your classroom.

An overview of the civil engineering discipline provides students with a scope of the work that civil engineers do (for example, designing and building roads, bridges, buildings, tunnels, dams, highways, overpasses, and much more). Current salary information and various career paths within the field are also provided.

This guide and the activities can be used in a stand-alone fashion or as a supplement to current curriculum, or they can be combined with other Contextual Engineering or Getting Started guides to formulate a complete engineering curriculum.

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The lore of flight is a great hook to get many students interested and involved with engineering. In Pitsco's Aeronautical Engineering Teacher's Guide, hands-on activities set that hook through contextual learning.

These contextual activities provide a wide platform for students to experience the underpinnings of this engineering discipline through STEM concepts.

Student procedures, worksheets, data tables, and other student-oriented materials are reproducible for distribution within your classroom.

The aerospace engineering field is described in a thorough overview, providing students with a range of the work that aeronautical engineers do - things like airplane design and construction, acoustics, aerodynamics, jet-engine design, and much more. Current salary information and various career paths within the field are also provided.

This guide and the activities can be used in a stand-alone fashion or as a supplement to current curriculum, or they can be combined with other Contextual Engineering or Getting Started guides to formulate a complete engineering curriculum.

Publication Date: March 31, 2008
Binding: Spiral-Bound

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