Goal: To develop a material science integration plan for the general physics curriculum; to propose an experimental design unit for use by advanced placement physics students after the exam (May).
Timeline: Integration Project (September - May)
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Experiment - Composition & Resolution of Forces
 | Three- point break testing of wood samples for strength. (UW student project - hanging weights on ¼" x ¼" wood samples); (Whit - strength to weight ratio) |
| Truss Buster Competition. (Mary - student contest) |
| Bridge building (Seaton - welding techniques); (UW Graduate Students - Instron Testing) |
| Spaghetti Bridges, Newspaper Tower (Doug) |
| Demonstrations - metal, polymer - (Dr. Stoebe - embroidery hoops and marbles); composites (Dr. Stoebe - scotch tape on a balloon and a straight pin) |
Experiment - Torque
| Measurement tools |
| Measuring bolt elongation (Seaton) |
| Counting threads per inch (Mary) |
Experiment - Pendulum
| Impact testing (UW Graduate Students - calculating energy/velocity at test site) |
Experiment - Simple & Complex Machines
| TIDEE (UW - taking apart a dustbuster) |
| Manufacturing Game (Boeing - Widgets Are Us, charles.w.beadles@pss.boeing.com) |
| Inspection (Seaton - 1800%) |
Experiment - Potential Energy/Pulses on a Coiled Spring
| Tempering Effects (Seaton - Dancing Wire) |
| Annealing Effects (John/ACS Workbook - Teaching General Chemistry - A Materials Science Companion, ISBN: 0-8412-2725x) |
| Measure the Effect of Wire Gauge on Spring Constant (extension of Annealing, Hardening, Tempering Experiment) |
| Measure the Effect of Wire Length on Spring Constant (extension of Annealing, Hardening, Tempering Experiment) |
Experiment - Resonance
| Boeing 737 Wing Spar Structure (Boeing - airplane design) |
| K2 Skis - Piezoelectric Dampening (K2) |
Experiment - Index of Refraction of Glass
| Doping to produce colored glass, doping effects on scintillation |
Experiment - Resistivity
| Decrease resistivity, increase conductivity (John - broken light bulb and multimeter)) |
Experiment - Networks and Electric Circuits
| Circuit Board Construction (John - samples, Fluke Electronics - process) |
Experiment - Magnetism
| Barkhausen Effect (Luke - Test Kit) |
| Super Magnet (Doug) |
| Magnetic Recording (Dr. Stoebe) |
Experiment - Thermal Expansion/Thermal Conductivity
| Space shuttle tile (NASA) |
| Liquid flexible heat conductivity tubes (CEBAF) |
Experiment - Density
| Adapting Archemedes’ Method for Determining Density and Porosity of Small Ceramic Samples (Jordon - Hocking Technical College; National Educators Workshop ’90) |
Experiment - Pressure, Stress & Strain
| Work hardening of copper tubing (Dr. Stoebe) |
| Creep (Dr. Stoebe - solder wire with hanging weights) |
| Material comparison (Dr. Stoebe - Stress/Strain Curves) |
| Strain Gauge (Seaton - Micro-measurement Group, Raleigh, NC) |
Experiment - Modern Physics (Detectors)
| Tonic water scintillation with UV light |
| Electron Microscopes (UW Graduate Students) |
| Luminescence (Dr. Stoebe - radiated aluminum oxide on a hot plate) |
Activity - Abstracts (Professional Journals)
Design Competition - Truss Buster Contest
Incorporate design procedures followed by Engineers and Materials Specialist:
| Concept |
 | Category of Materials |
| Property Requirements |
| Preliminary Selection |
| Final Materials Selection |
| Final Design |
| Manufacturing |
Maria Cooper - Physics
email: mmcooper@pen.k12.va.us
Word 97 doc file of this project: cooper.doc
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