IED Wednesday May 6, 2015 Practice Test # 3

IED Periods 7/8 and 10:
Please CLICK HERE to be taken to practice test # 3. Download the test and complete the exam on the exam  document. Save the test for review tomorrow

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Introduction To Engineering Design Practice exam #2

April 30, 2015

Instructions: Please click here to be taken to the practice exam. Download the test and save it in your Z drive. Highlight the correct answer or write in the answer where appropriate.

PLTW Formula sheets are available on the web by searching in google under: PLTW Formula Sheets

Reviews of the historical references and scientific accuracy behind the film Interstellar:

Reviews of the historical references and scientific accuracy behind the film Interstellar:

1.     This article explains that the current understanding of black holes and wormholes are that they would be to unstable to allow space travel through them but they theoretically do create “shortcut” through space.

a.     Would Astronauts Survive an Interstellar Trip Through a Wormhole? Well, it depends on your definition of "wormhole"

                                                    i.     By Victoria Jaggard of smithsonian.com 
November 7, 2014

                                                  ii.     Click on this link to go to the article: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/would-astronauts-survive-interstellar-trip-through-wormhole-180953269/?no-ist

2.     This article profiles  Physicist Kip Thorne, who served as the science advisor for the film Interstellar:

a.     Wrinkles in space time: The warped Astrophysics of Interstellar

                                                    i.     By Adam Rogers

                                                  ii.     Click on this link to go to the article: www.wired.com/2014/10/astrophysics-interstellar-black-hole/

3.     Here is a link to a question and answer website where participants wonder why the planet earth is in such bad shape at the beginning of the movie Interstellar.

a.     http://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/72391/why-was-the-earth-in-such-bad-shape-in-interstellar

4.     This link takes you to the PBS documentary by Ken Burns on the Dust bowl of the 1930’s. In the movie Interstellar, the beginning shows elderly people talking about how bad the dust was. This is a clear reference to what happened to farming during the great depression in the states of Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma.

a.     The Dust Bowl: A film by Ken Burns

                                                    i.     Click on this link to be taken to the  film: http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/dustbowl/

5.     This link will take you to a BBC documentary about the Great Irish Potato famine of the 1840’s. The movie Interstellar refers to “blight” as a cause for crop failure. This is a reference to the mass starvation that took place when blight destroyed the crops of Ireland.

a.     The Great Famine (BBC)

b.     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uNMGzSL42U

IED UNIT 2 PRACTICE EXAM

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Complete the test by indicated your answers on the test. Where you need to sketch, then do that on a separate piece of paper. This paper will be kept in a file that we will keep in GW3.

IED Parametric Constraints Activity

Click on the link below to be taken to the power point of the procedures for completing the parametric constraints activity.

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Period 10 survey

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IED CAD MODELLING ASSESSMENT

Directions: Create a standard dwg A size title block sheet. Then reproduce the section view of the  drawing you did for the Friday test. make your dwg look exactly like this. Don't forget to  complete the title block file name and your name. Print out your result. Good Luck !!!