The Educational CAD Model Repository includes a wide range of models and content, ranging from mathematical models such as conic sections that can be used in a five-minute demonstration to Invention Laboratories that could be used as the basis for a one-semester Foundations of Engineering course.
The International Technology and Engineering Education Association (ITEEA) is revising its flagship curriculum, Engineering by Design, to incorporate content from the repository. The piloted content is drawn from a series of Invention Laboratories developed in collaboration with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. These Invention Laboratories enable students to reconstruct transformational inventions in the Smithsonian’s collections organized around the themes of Sight, Sound, and Motion. Students are challenged to develop their own unique inventions, using contemporary technologies such as electronic sensors, actuators, and microcontrollers to reinterpret nineteenth century inventions.
In this lab, students will create animation using computer simulation, construct basic physical animation machines, research the history of animation machines, and design and build an animation machine of their own.
The curriculum is presented in two formats. The first aligns with the International Technology and Engineering Teachers Association’s Engineering by Design curriculum. The second provides resources for using the curriculum in an informal learning environment.
Curriculum Options
The curriculum is presented in two formats. The first aligns with the International Technology and Engineering Teachers Association’s Engineering by Design curriculum. The second provides resources for using the curriculum in an informal learning environment.
Curriculum Options
Engineering by Design
Informal Learning
The curriculum is presented in two formats. The first aligns with the International Technology and Engineering Teachers Association’s Engineering by Design curriculum. The second provides resources for using the curriculum in an informal learning environment.
Curriculum Options
Engineering by Design
Informal Learning