Technological Design Resources

The links below provide resources for meeting the the technological design goal (competency goal 2) in the North Carolina Standard Course of Study for middle school.

PreK-12 Engineering
Activities and resources for teaching technological design for preK-12.

Exploravision
a contest for students

NC Science Olympiad

LEGO Mindstorms
use LEGOs to explore robotics. Includes a searchable activity bank.

Exploring Leonardo DaVinci

Pencil Inventions
Lessons on inventing a new kind of pencil

Official site of Rube Goldberg

Invention Dimensions
From MIT

Northern Metropolitan Region Science
This site has multiple links to resources on building structures and other
engineering activities.

Building Big Forces Lab
Online lab for exploring forces on structures

Essential Background: Forces Acting on Structures
An illustrated reference for forces and building

Build a Bridge with NOVA