Invent a Device That Can Move Through a Pipe

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Curso 5-12 (EE. UU.) Duración 6h

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Descripción
Using the steps of the invention process (Think It,
Explore It, Sketch It, Create It, Try It, Tweak It, and
Share It), design a device that can move through a

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Habilidades Materias
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3D design Robotics
Computational design Science
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Introducción
3. Explore It 45m

Descripción general de la u…

Configuración de la clase

The Invention Process 45m

1. Explore the Steps to Inve…

Plan Your Device 2h 15m

 2. Think It

3. Explore It
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4. Sketch It

Design in Tinkercad 2h 15m

5. Create It

6. Try It

7. Tweak It

Share Your Design 1h

Explore It (https://lessonplan.prd.tinkercad
worksheet.pdf 03-29T15/6613e678.pdf)
8. Share It
The next step of the invention process is to explore the
question, “How have inventors solved this problem in the
9. Expand Your Ideas
past?” and then conduct research to learn more about the
problem to understand solutions that already may exist.

Pipes are all around us. They can hold and move water, fuel,
gas, or waste so that we can do many daily activities—at
home, school, or work. We have to look inside and inspect
pipes to check up on them and keep them working so that
liquids and gases will be there when we need them.

Type your responses if you’re using this worksheet at a

digital file, or handwrite your responses if you’re using this
worksheet as a printed document.

Explore these links to learn more about pipe inspection and

pipe service inventions:
 Learn about a pipe inspection robot created by researchers at
MIT and King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals.
(https://news.mit.edu/2014/new-robotic-system-detects-
leaks-in-pipes-0619)
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Find out more about a snake-like pipeline explorer, created
by the National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC) at
Carnegie Mellon University.
(https://www.nrec.ri.cmu.edu/nrec/solutions/energy/pipeline-
explorer.html)

Your teacher will give you instructions for sharing your work.

Materials:
Explore It worksheet [PDF]
Online access for research
Physical or digital means for recording ideas or
thoughts

Outcomes:
Develop initial ideas on how you could solve a defined
problem.
Synthesize information and ideas based on research.

Acknowledgment: The Lemelson Center gratefully

acknowledges support from ConocoPhillips for this pipeline
innovation activity.

Instrucciones para profesores: Share the Explore It

worksheet with your students. Have students explore the
resource links in this step, and ask them to do independent
research to discover other ways this problem has been solved
in the past. Encourage them to learn from what others have
already tried and make sure that their solutions are new or
different.

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