STEM at Home!

We hope during this week, weather across the country is preferable so you can comfortably work on activities outside! 

#FutureRosies Week 7

This week we’re going to meet some amazing inventors! We can learn more about them by studying history, philosophy, literature and other cool subjects!

At Rose, we believe the best engineers and scientists know more than just math, science and engineering. They know literature, communications, languages and the arts, to name just a few subjects we teach in our Department of Humanities, Social Sciences and the Arts.

Check it out! These cool inventors and then try your own hand at inventing!

Week 6-Electrical Engineering

Did you know that electrical engineers generally deal with the study and application of electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism?  Their job is to design, develop, test, and supervise the manufacturing of electrical equipment.  That could be things like electric motors, radar and navigation systems, communication systems, and equipment that generates power. 

Insulators and Conductors

One of the first things you should know about electricity is which objects are conductors and which are insulators. Check out this video to help explain.  https://youtu.be/PafSqL1riS4

Batteries/Current Electricity

For more information on current electricity, check out this video!  https://youtu.be/Uf76pThNXZc

Static Electricity

For a little more info on static electricity, check out this video! https://youtu.be/fT_LmwnmVNM

Week 5-Civil Engineering

Before we get building, let’s explore some of the forces involved in the construction of things like bridges and buildings.

Here’s a short video produced by one of those other schools that turn out engineers.  Thankfully, they’re pretty smart too.

The Five Forces

It’s important to understand these forces as you begin building this week. 

PBS Learning Media has a good Forces Lab . Just be sure you have the latest version of Adobe Flash Player.

Experimenting with Forces

Let’s Get Building!

Extension

If you enjoyed these activities, you’ll love building the Spaghetti Bridge!

Take a moment with CrashCourse to review Newton’s Laws of Motion.  You could also check in with Bill Nye the Science Guy.

Have you heard of Scratch and Tynker? Maybe you have even done more advanced coding.  What we hope is that you enjoy exploring the world of coding with us this week! 

Once you have completed either five levels of an activity (if there are levels) or complete a set of tasks, take a screenshot of the last level completed or a screen recording of your code running and post it to social media with #futurerosies, as well as tagging the Rose-Hulman Alumni Relations account on your chosen social media platform. 

This week, there are still 15 activities to choose from only we reorganized them to make things a little more clear.  You can self-select which activities you would like to participate in.

Before diving into the activities this week, check out Bill Nye’s explanation of the 3 States of Matter.

Bonus:  Did you know there’s a 4^th State of Matter?  Check out Plasma here!

Here’s the first week of project plans. Choose any project from any day. Do as many or as little as you like.