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fischertechnik Technical Revolutions - Inventions
Milestones In Technology
On the trail of James Watt, Michael Faraday and other famous inventors. This construction set brings new life to important moments of technology history. Important technological inventions can be reproduced as functional models, for example, an electric motor, cardan shaft, perpetuum mobile, a Morse telegraph and a generator. The didactic activity booklet provides additional background information. For creative tinkerers and inventors aged nine and up.
Requires 9 V Battery (not included)
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Famous Inventors and their Innovative Ideas
Important moments in the history of technology are brought to life as students construct functional models based on the designs of James Watt, Michael Faraday, and other famous inventors. Build 12 different models, including an electric motor, a cardan shaft, a perpetuum mobile, a Morse telegraph, and a generator.
Set contains 270 components for building the following 12 models:
- Safety Elevator
- Electric Motor
- Generator
- Helicopter
- Synchronous Wiper
- Counter-Rotating Wiper
- Parallelogram Wiper
- Centrifugal Governor
- Morse Telegraph
- Cardan Shaft
- Perpetuum Mobile
- Hair Hygrometer
Includes a 42 page full color construction book with detailed instructions for building all of the above models, as well as a multi-language, black and white teaching guide/activity booklet with background information on the inventors behind these ground breaking creations, as well as various suggested tasks for students to interact with the models.
Requires 9 V Battery (not included)
STORAGE SUGGESTION: with each Technical Revolutions set we recommend 2 Sorting Box 500--258x186 ( #94828) with dividers and 1 Base Plate 258x186 Cover (#32985)
Requires 9 V Battery (not included)
STORAGE SUGGESTION: with each Technical Revolutions set we recommend 2 Sorting Box 500--258x186 ( #94828) with dividers and 1 Base Plate 258x186 Cover (#32985)
Additional Information for Educators and Administrators
Use in classes addressing the following topics:
Science, General Science, Fundamentals of Science, and Electronics.
Specific concepts addressed with this set: An overview of various important inventors and inventions, touching on the following—
Patents and Inventors—who came up with an idea first, and who is actually credited with it.
Examples discussed are Thomas Edison and the Incandescent Light; as well as Philip Reis, Elisha Gray, and Alexander Graham Bell and the invention of the Telephone.
Spotlight on Elisha Graves Otis and the Safety Elevator. Construct and test a model of his invention to learn how the emergency brake works.
The Electric Motor—Study a timeline of the various inventors (such as Hans Christian Orsted, Michael Faraday, Peter Barlow, Hermann Jacobi, and Thomas Davenport) whose work was instrumental in the development of this invention, and build a working model of an electric motor to learn how it functions.
The Generator and the Dynamo: Learn about the Dynamic Energy Principle and Werner Siemens, the inventor of the Dynamo. Build a Generator model.
Heinrich Focke and his design of the first usable Helicopter, as well as how the concept of Wing, Form and Lift are used to achieve flight. Build a helicopter model.
Mary Anderson and her invention of the Windshield Wiper. Build 3 different models to learn the function of synchronous, counter-rotating and parallelogram wipers.
James Watt—Learn about his improvements to the concept of the steam engine with use of the Centrifugal Governor. Build a working model of the Centrifugal Governor to study how it functions.
Samuel Morse and his invention of the Morse Telegraph. Learn about Morse Code, and how the telegraph works. Build a model of a Morse Telegraph .
Cardano and the principle behind the function of the Cardan Shaft. Build a working electric model.
Leonardo da Vinci and early exploration of the concept of Perpetual Motion, as well as Julius Robert von Mayer and his Principle of Preservation of Energy—“In a closed system, no energy is lost, it is always only transformed”. Build a model of a Perpetuum Mobile similar to those conceived by daVinci.
Horace Benedict de Saussure and his invention of the Hair Hygrometer to measure atmospheric humidity. Build a working model to learn how it functions.
Academic Standards and Benchmarks
Use of the PROFI Technical Revolutions set along with the included multi-language teaching and activity guide will help to support the following standards and benchmarks outlined in the“Standards for Technological Literacy”as developed by the International Technology Education Association (ITEA):
- Standard 1: Students will develop an understanding of the characteristics and scope of technology
- Benchmarks E, F, G, H, L
- Standard 2: Students will develop an understanding of the core concepts of technology.
- Benchmarks K, CC
- Standard 3: Students will develop an understanding of the relationships among technologies and the connections between technology and other fields of study.
- Benchmarks B, D, E, F, G, H, I, J
- Standard 4: Students will develop an understanding of the cultural, social, economic, and potential effects of technology.
- Benchmarks D, G, H
- Standard 6: Students will develop an understanding of the role of society in the development and use of technology.
- Benchmarks B, D, E, F
- Standard 7: Students will develop an understanding of the influence of technology on history.
- Benchmarks C, D G , H, I, N
- Standard 8: Students will develop an understanding of the attributes of design.
- Benchmark E
- Standard 9: Students will develop an understanding of engineering design.
- Benchmarks C, D, E, H, J, K, L
- Standard 10: Students will develop an understanding of the role of troubleshooting, research and development, invention and innovation, and experimentation in problem solving.
- Benchmarks C, D E, F, G, H
- Standard 12: Students will develop the abilities to use and maintain technological products and systems.
- Benchmarks D, H, O
- Standard 13: Students will develop the abilities to assess the impact of products and systems.
- Benchmark E
- Standard 16: Students will develop an understanding of and be able to select and use energy and power technologies.
- Benchmarks D, H
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