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DiscoverySchool.com: Junkyard Wars in the Classroom

Thirteen classroom activities based on _Junkyard Wars_, a television program on The Learning Channel, are given on this site. The premise of _Junkyard Wars_ is to test the engineering abilities of two teams by making them design something from miscellaneous junkyard scraps. These activities build on that idea; each is a mini design project with defined objectives. Students are given certain materials to work with, but specific design methods are not explicitly stated. The reason for this is to allow the students to be creative and discover solutions on their own. Some examples of the activities are bridge building, egg parachutes, and structural design, among others.
From The NSDL Scout Report for Math, Engineering, and Technology, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2002. http://scout.wisc.edu/

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