Engineering

• Build a switch magic project and demonstrate the project at a post meeting
• Discuss the engineering behind a roller coaster and design your own amusement park ride. Plan a super-activity to Six Flags.
• Build a robot or computer
• Discuss the engineering behind an iPod.
• Build a Jacob's ladder and demonstrate the project at a post meeting.
• Learn soldering techniques by building a self-containted, solid state signal injector that will enable you to troubleshoot the simple way. Demonstrate what you have learned about soldering to your post.
• Build an ohmmeter that will show a person's grip strength and display it.
• Build a model of a space station
• Make a tabletop display on the concept for a space station. Show the display at your post or another group meeting.
• Tour a manufacturing company (i.e. automobiles, radios, paint, batteries, etc.).
• Learn how to construct electronic dice in which, when the "roll" button is depressed, all 14 LEDs go on. Construct a "roll-down" similar to the effect obtained when regular dice are thrown.
• Learn and teach other Explorers, students or youth groups how to construct a model bridge out of basswood and glue.
• Organize and/or participate in a contest to construct a paper airplane. Test it in three areas: weight, time aloft and aesthetic design.
• Organize and/or participate in a contest to build vehicles propelled by a mouse trap spring or a rubber band.
• Design and build a playground set, bench area, garden trail, pedestrian bridge, or pavilion for a park, school, retirement home, etc.
• Tour a construction site with an engineer. Discuss various jobs done on the site. what are the steps in the construction process? What role did civil engineer play? Other engineers? Ask about the inspection process.
• Explain the work of the following types of engineers: civil, mechanical, chemical, electrical, industrial, agricultural, aeronautical, mining, astronomical, metallurgical, nuclear, biomedical, ceramic and petroleum.
• Select a subject to research in engineering. Research publications and interview experts. Give a presentation of what you learned, including how you got the facts.
• Search the Internet to discover new trends in computers or computer programming.
• Search the Internet to learn about professional engineering organizations.
• Obtain information on colleges and universities that offer engineering as a major course of study. Discover which programs are offered, the admission requirements and graduation requirements. Have the college mail information to the Post and share it with other Explorers.