Linkage Lab

Students are introduced to engineering as they explore the role of force and motion in designing mechanisms that move in specific ways. Using two dimensional mechanical linkages they create mechanisms with different inputs and outputs, then use what they have learned to design their own.

• DCIs: ETS1.A Defining and Delimiting Engineering Problems; ETS1.B Developing Possible Solutions; ETS1.C Optimizing the Design Solution
• SEPs: Defining Problems; Designing Solutions
• CCCs: Structure and Function; Cause and Effect

Groups of up to 32 students