Fluid Systems - Hydraulics and Pneumatic

Fluid Systems covers the basics of hydraulics and pneumatics while incorporating the idea of heat engines through design and exploration. 

Standards: 
  • STEM-EC5 - Explain a whole systems approach to the engineering design process to solve a technical problem. 
  • STEM-EC7 - Summarize and apply engineering solutions through the audience appropriate application of engineering graphics and technical writing. 
  • STEM-EC8 - Apply basic engineering tools and resources to aid in data collection and problem solution sets. ​​​

​Learning Targets:
  • How are pneumatic and hydraulic systems used to
    make things move?
  • What makes a heat engine work?  Explain how a heat engine works in terms of the combined gas law. 
  • Which travels faster, a water rocket or an air rocket? How would Newton explain this difference?
  • How do rockets work in space? How does this relate to the putt-putt boat?
​Unit Topics:
Putt Putt Boats 
Fluid Systems 
Manufacturing Press
Heat Engines
The Rocket Effect

​Vocabulary:
Hydraulics 
Pneumatics
Putt Putt Boat 
Boyle's Law
Charles' Law
Pascal's Law
Combined Gas Law
Patent
The Rocket Effect
Newton's Law

Resources

fluid_and_thermal_systems.pdf
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