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ERIC Number: EJ520650
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0036-8555
Building a Native American Drill: Students Apply Physics and Engineering Concepts to a Historical Technology.
Bisbee, Gregory D.
Science Teacher, v63 n2 p40-42 Feb 1996
Presents an activity that involves construction of a Native American drill to teach about technology, simple and compound machines, mechanical advantage, and force and area. Introduces students to non-Western technological innovations. (JRH)
Descriptors: American Indians, Cultural Context, Mechanics (Physics), Multicultural Education, Science Activities, Science and Society, Scientific Concepts, Secondary Education, Technology
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Tools