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Read the Fine Print
Educational Use
Students are introduced to the concept of a dam and its potential benefits, which include water supply, electricity generation, flood control, recreation and irrigation. This lesson begins an ongoing classroom scenario in which student engineering teams working for the Splash Engineering firm design dams for a fictitious client, Thirsty County.
- Subject:
- Applied Science
- Engineering
- Hydrology
- Physical Science
- Material Type:
- Lesson Plan
- Provider:
- TeachEngineering
- Provider Set:
- TeachEngineering
- Author:
- Denali Lander
- Denise W. Carlson
- Kristin Field
- Lauren Cooper
- Michael Bendewald
- Sara Born
- Timothy M. Dittrich
- Date Added:
- 09/18/2014