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Teachers Materials Camp Curriculum Overview
Background
The program is based on past experiences in the areas of curriculum development, teacher training and student programs in Materials Science developed at the University of Washington and Edmonds Community College and supported by the National Science Foundations Advanced Technology Education program. These programs have demonstrated that Materials Science is an excellent tool to bring together academic and vocational instructors in a common goal of exciting students about science, technology and engineering.
Philosophy
Materials Science excites students' interest because the student has everyday, hands-on experience with materials. Thus, materials topics are great motivators in any engineering, technology or science course. Materials are also a very important and an integral part of the manufacturing process.
Curriculum
During this one-week workshop, teacher participants will learn the basics of Materials Science Technology as taught at the high school level. They will work hands-on with metals, ceramics, polymers and composites, and will develop a greater appreciation for the importance of these materials to modern life. The teachers will see how this heavily project-based course excites students to learn science concepts as they complete projects of personal worth to them. Whether teachers use the information and concepts as a basis for teaching their own MST course or merely infuse the concepts into an existing science course to increase relevancy, they will finish the week prepared to make some important instructional changes as a result of their participation.
SOLIDS
Topics
Importance of materials
Four categories of solids
Simple chemistry made easy
Chemical bonding
Periodic Table of Elements - it can be useful and fun to learn
Oxidation-reduction
Experiments/Labs
Identification of Materials
Formation of Crystals
Destructive Testing
Activity Series of Metals
Oxidation/Reduction of Copper
METALS
Topics
History of metals and use
Properties of metals
Mechanical properties
Effects of heat treating
Types of allows; alloying techniques
Phase diagrams
Testing metals
Manufacturing processes
Experiments/Labs
Rolling a Coin
Drawing a Wire
Alloying Copper and Zinc
Cost of a Penny
Making a Light Bulb
Making Tin-Lead Solder
Annealing Copper
Powder Metallurgy
Lost Wax Casting
Project
Making sterling silver jewelry via lost wax casting techniques
CERAMICS/GLASS
Topics
Ceramics are crystalline solids
Ionic and covalent bonds
Glass properties are different: amorphous structure
Manufacturing processes
Experiments/Labs
Forming, Firing, and Glazing Clay
Thermal Shock
Glass Bending and Blowing
Glass Batching and Melting
Dragon Dribble/Dragon Tears
Coloring Glass
Ceramic Slip Casting
Project
Making Raku
POLYMERS
Topics
Synthetic polymers & chemistry involved
Classification of polymers
Altering chemically or with additives
Recycling concerns
Chemical changes through cross-linking
Historical developments
Manufacturing processes
Experiments/Labs
Cross-Linking a Polymer
Polymer Identification
Making Nylon 6-10
Latex Rubber Ball
Memory in Polymers
Epoxy Resin Cast
Polymer Foam Creations
Project
Slime
COMPOSITES
Topics
Types of composites and categories
Strength-to-weight ratios
Strength measuring, testing, altering
Wood and concrete: traditional composites
Fiber reinforced composites
Graphite and Kevlar fibers
Experiments/Labs
Stressed-Skin Composites
Compression and Tension in a Bending Beam
Using Portland Cement to Make & Test Concrete
Hand Lay-Up of a Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer
Plaster of Paris Matrix Composite
Laminated Wood Beams
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