Engineering
__A unique feature of Essential Physics is
the tight integration of engineering applications and activities through
the curriculum, such as the physics behind the lift created by the airfoil design of an airplane's wings. The physics curriculum has been designed to
incorporate all the STEM disciplines.
Students gain hands-on experience in engineering through optional design projects offered as an extension of the core investigations. Design projects use simple equipment to apply physics to create a real-world solution to a design problem, such as creating an effective speaker. Students identify real physics constraints, prototype their device, make measurements or observations, and refine their design to improve the performance.
Students gain hands-on experience in engineering through optional design projects offered as an extension of the core investigations. Design projects use simple equipment to apply physics to create a real-world solution to a design problem, such as creating an effective speaker. Students identify real physics constraints, prototype their device, make measurements or observations, and refine their design to improve the performance.
_Students learn in the final chapters of the book about engineering applications of physics in modern society:
- Buildings and structures, such as the stability of architectural designs and building codes;
- Materials science, such as the properties of metals, alloys, carbon fibers, and graphene; and
- Nuclear engineering, such as the design of a nuclear power plant.