Introducing Engineering Design and Materials Science at an Earlier Age through Ceramic Cold Casting

Autor/inn/en	Boys, Alexander J.; Walsh, Mark C.
Titel	Introducing Engineering Design and Materials Science at an Earlier Age through Ceramic Cold Casting
Quelle	In: Journal of Chemical Education, 96 (2019) 1, S.104-109 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Boys, Alexander J.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-9584
DOI	10.1021/acs.jchemed.8b00404
Schlagwörter	Elementary School Students; Middle School Students; Science Instruction; Science Laboratories; Hands on Science; Scientific Concepts; Concept Formation; Manufacturing Industry; Engineering; Design; Kinetics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Fertigungswirtschaft; Produzierendes Gewerbe; Maschinenbau; Kinetik
Abstract	Elementary and middle school science curricula typically focus on generating an interest in science and engineering through the use of hands-on activities that demonstrate specific concepts. Laboratory activities designed in this manner often circumvent some of the main challenges that engineers and scientists face, namely balancing advantages and disadvantages for a variety of potential solutions to solve a specific problem. This activity was designed to show students that different solutions for a given problem can exist, and engineers must manage priorities when choosing the best solution. This laboratory involves cold casting ceramics slurries with varying viscosities into a mold. The resulting casts have a varying final density, controlled by the initial viscosity. Students are presented with different outcome measures regarding the objects they cast: ease of manufacturing, cost, aesthetics, and mechanical properties. Based on the laboratory design, no single cast will perform the best in all of these categories. The students are then asked to choose the best mold and justify their answers based on the initial problem presented to them by balancing which outcome measures they consider to be important for solving this specific problem. This laboratory teaches basic science concepts like viscosity and density, while addressing common industrial manufacturing issues, such as cost and ease of manufacturing. Through a combination of these features, this laboratory introduces engineering and design concepts using the scientific method to students at an earlier age. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01