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UC MERCED SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

Service Learning Program

Merced County Office of Education

Get S.E.T.Get Science, Engineering, and Technology

Our Client: M.C.O.E. Merced County Office of Education

Our Mission:Design curricular materials for

K-12 students to teach Physics, Chemistry, and Biology principles in engineering context.

Our Goal

• Our goal is to increase students’ interest in science and math through interacting games and hands-on experiments.

• Inspiring students to become college bound in a science, math, or engineering field.

• We look forward to helping teachers improve students’ knowledge in scientific areas.

Organization

• Project Teams

– BioE

– “Current” Affairs

– Electric Car

– K-8

– Web

• Administrative Teams

– Newsletter

– Documentation

– Recorder/Secretary

Team BIOE

Started last semester originally named

“fourth team” and designed for 5th – 8th graders. Now for 5th

– 12th grade students.

BIOE Goal

•To give students a basic understanding of a relatively new Engineering field (Bioengineering).

What students will gain from BIOE projects

• Cultivate their creative thinking

• Understand how Biology is used in Engineering and vice versa

BIOE Last Semester

•Client: Mr. Thompson and his 5th and 6th GATE students at Elmer wood elementary.

•Project: Dissection (hearts, eyes, kidneys, and brains)

•50 students participated

BIOE This Semester•Mimicking animal walking

motion (mini model and large one)

•Build simple MRI machine •Construct Filter straw•Creating fuel from left overs

(bacteria batteries ….maybe)

“Current” Affairs Goals

• Design and create a fun and creative physics lab which demonstrates circuits

• Teach students about different elements of circuits

• Have a lab ready for a classroom by the beginning of the spring semester

“Current” Affairs’ Lab

• Teach students how to use a breadboard

• Teach students about parallel and series circuits

• Teach students about capacitors, resistors, and batteries

• Teach students Ohm’s law and Kirchoff loop

Electric Car Team

To teach students in Merced county engineering concepts by building, with them, a fast and cool looking electric car.

Objective

What our idea is

Order a kit car and build it with the automotive classes in Merced county. Take that car and put an electric motor in it showing students how to engineer different parts to solve specific problems.

Topics covered with Electric Car projectTeach how to engineer a project from beginning to end

Show how engineers go about problem solvingDesigning different parts for specific applications using engineering concepts

Topics covered beyond building the car

Get K-12 students excited about alternative fuels as these students are the futureChange students views about what a clean fueled car is

Lab on how to extract hydrogen and how it works in a carLab on how electricity works and how it impacts our lives everyday

Electric Car Team

K-8 Team

K-8 Goals

• Develop classroom relationships with teachers and students

• Collaborate with teachers to improve overall science curriculum experience

• Offer a different point of view on how to approach science and engineering

• Mentor students• Inspire students to learn more about

science, engineering, math, and technology

K-8 Possible Projects

• Chem-Rover• Make Your Own Ice Cream • Crush-A-Can• Rejected Waves• Molecular Motion• Rubber-Band Cars• Point Pictures• And Anything That Suits Your Needs

Burbank Elementary SchoolBurbank Elementary School

Web Team

Last Year’s Accomplishments• Built a machine and tuned it up• Purchased software

This Year’s Objectives• Learn to use Adobe’s Flash• Make our website more interactive

Automotive PhysicsSpecific Goal• Show physical representation of acceleration for

high school physics students• Teach difficult concepts with a fresh and engaging

method

Automotive PhysicsContent of lab:

• A video presentation of cars accelerating and decelerating

• Present problems and aid students in solving problems• Split students into groups; each group uses a remote

control car to study acceleration • After completing all of the above the class will compare

acceleration numbers from the real car and a remote control car.

Trebuchet

Trebuchet Purpose

• Use the completed metal trebuchet in conjunction with interactive worksheets and classroom presentations to help students understand physics principles and motivate them to pursue a degree in the fields of Science, Engineering, and Technology.

Trebuchet Resources

• Metal Trebuchet – Schools with lots of open space and

High School presentations

• Miniature Trebuchets– Schools with space constraints or

younger students

• Worksheets– Aid students in understanding physics

principles

Mini-Trebuchet Kits

• Simple materials such as styrofoam, wooden dowels, binder clips, and craft sticks.

• Easy to assemble with a variable counterweight and throwing arm length for multiple trials.

Thank you for coming.

We look forward to working with you.

• Manuel Aquino • maquino@mcoe.org