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Go to the following site and type in "sailing" "sports" "transportation" A number of curricular ideas come up http://www.engineeringpathway.com/ep/k12/search/search_k12.jhtml

http://teachengineering.org/search.php

boat and other projects at: http://pbskids.org/designsquad/projects/index.html Joyce Cheatham-Science- I will definately use the 15 technology/design scenerios described here. Each problem has simple directions and easy to find materials. Most can be completed in one class period if a time constraint is used. I especially like the paper table since my students like to make things from recycled materials.

Barge design http://cherokeereservation.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/fourh/professionals/greenlight/afterschool/Barging_Along.pdf Kristy Martin – Science- I love this scenario, I do a junk box wars at the end of the year and they design a boat the winner is determined by how far it can travel. I will defiantly incorporate this with that project, by adding how much the boat can carry with the distance. I liked the Barge design site if would be a simple way to complete this project. I use this web site, http://school.discoveryeducation.com/networks/junkyardwars/library.html, for my boats, and it also contains many more activities. I will be able to tie in many different topics with this unit, biomes, climates, survival, transportation, tools uses and currents. Once again I can incorporate inter-disciplinary with all my subjects that are in one class.