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Vehicle
Systems Unit Overview
Why are we learning about vehicle
systems?
Vehicles are designed to transport
people
and goods within a specific environment. These environments, air,
land, water, and space, each require a specific set of systems and
subsystems to provide efficient and effective transportation.
Engineering students must understand the components of each of these
vehicles and their environments so they can contribute to new
innovations in transportation.
Which types of vehicle systems will
we be
able to identify and describe?
All vehicles have each of the
following
systems:
Propulsion, Guidance, Structural, Control, Suspension, and Aerodynamic.
Students will be able to identify the specific components of each of
these systems in each vehicle type, and describe how each contributes
to the effectiveness of the vehicle.
Will there be any activities in class
to
help us learn about vehicles?
Students will examine model
airplanes,
rockets, boats, cars, and trucks. Students will also use
simulation software called CarBuilder to design, build, and test land
vehicles. In addition, PowerPoint slide shows will be presented
with photographs of a wide variety of examples of each vehicle type and
their systems.
Students will also create vocabulary glossaries, and practice written
explanations and descriptions of the main ideas of the unit.
Will there be a test?
Students will create and label
diagrams of
vehicle systems, and will write brief but complete explanations of the
main ideas of the unit. Students will be assessed on the accuracy
and thoroughness of their drawings and written responses.
Which Massachusetts learning
standards will
we cover?
Science and Technology/Engineering
Curriculum Framework:
6.1 Identify and compare examples of transportation systems and
devices that operate on each of the following: land, air, water, and
space.
6.3 Identify and describe three subsystems of a transportation
vehicle or device, i.e., structural, propulsion, guidance,
suspension, control, and support.
6.4 Identify and explain lift, drag, friction, thrust, and
gravity in a vehicle or device, e.g., cars, boats, airplanes, rockets.
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