Bungee Action Figure Activity used to Gently Introduce Students to Excel and the MATLAB IDE (Resource Exchange)
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Minneapolis, MN
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August 23, 2022
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June 26, 2022
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June 29, 2022
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3
- DOI
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10.18260/1-2--41273
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https://peer.asee.org/41273
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230
Paper Authors
Lynn Albers Hofstra University
Dr. Lynn Albers is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering of the Fred DeMatteis School of Engineering and Applied Science at Hofstra University. Her previous academic contribution was as one of the founding five faculty/staff at Campbell University, helping the newly formed School of Engineering grow and establish roots in the community. A proponent of Hands-On Activities in the classroom and during out-of-school time programs, she believes that they complement any teaching style thereby reaching all learning styles. She earned her doctorate in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina State University specializing in thermal sciences where her dissertation research spanned three colleges and focused on Engineering Education. Her passions include but are not limited to Engineering Education, Energy Engineering and Conservation, and K-20 STEM Outreach. Prior to matriculating at NCSU, she worked at the North Carolina Solar Center developing a passion for wind and solar energy research while learning renewable energy policy. She combined these passions with K-20 STEM Outreach while a National Science Foundation Fellow with the GK-12 Outreach Program at NCSU where she began Energy Clubs, an out-of-school-time program for third, fourth and fifth graders to introduce them to renewable energy.
Abstract
The Bungee Barbie and Kamikaze Ken activity was developed in 1995 and designed to teach linear mathematical modeling while helping students build collaboration and cooperation skills. While the activity was not created by the author, she has changed the title to be more inclusive and created a series of lessons to gently introduce students to Excel, the MATLAB IDE (Integrated Development Environment), and teach the importance of linear mathematical modeling using the data collected from the activity. Altogether, this takes three, ninety-minute lectures or 6-10 high school lessons, and utilizes rubber bands, soft measuring tape, and action figures.
Albers, L. (2022, August), Bungee Action Figure Activity used to Gently Introduce Students to Excel and the MATLAB IDE (Resource Exchange) Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2--41273
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