Exhibits
Innovative Engineers
The end products of engineering are everywhere, from bridges to blow dryers, iPods to plastic wrap. This exhibit brings some long-overdue attention to the engineering leaders who solve everyday challenges both large and small. Its collection of biographical stories shows how the paths to engineering success are as diverse as the remarkable inventions developed by the individuals featured here.
Get to know five engineers whose childhood fascinations led them to pursue big accomplishments that literally changed the world. Learn about the engineering process, then test your skills in the new permanent home for our popular Design Challenges program, in which visitors solve an engineering puzzle using provided materials.
You can also find the results of real-life design challenges throughout the Museum; Innovative Engineers includes satellite mini-exhibits around the Exhibit Halls. Discover Alexander Graham Bell in the Messages exhibit, and learn about Edwin Land near the polarized light collage in the Atrium. As additional innovators are featured in Innovative Engineers, its "alumni" will also move out into other exhibits, allowing visitors to further connect technological innovations with the minds behind them.
| Format | Exhibit |
| Grades | 3 – 12 |
| Location | Gordon Current Science & Technology Center — Museum of Science, Boston |
| Website | n/a |
| Related Links | Press release |
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Primary Connections:
MA Science and Technology/Engineering Framework (2006)
(Massachusetts)
- Technology/Engineering > Engineering Design (Grade: 6 – 8)
- Technology/Engineering > Engineering Design (Grade: 9 – 10)
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Primary Connections:
MA Science and Technology/Engineering Framework (2006)
(Massachusetts)
- Technology/Engineering > 2.1 Engineering Design (Grade: 6 – 8)
Identify and explain the steps of the engineering design process, i.e., identify the need or problem, research the problem, develop possible solutions, select the best possible solution(s), construct a prototype, test and evaluate, communicate the solution(s), and redesign. - Technology/Engineering > 1.1 Engineering Design (Grade: 9 – 10)
Identify and explain the steps of the engineering design process, i.e., identify the problem, research the problem, develop possible solutions, select the best possible solution(s), construct a prototype, test and evaluate, communicate the solution(s), and redesign.
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Live Presentation
4 - 10
- Design Challenges
- This live Museum offering is designed to introduce students and visitors to the engineering design cycle. By participating in a hands-on activity to design, build, and test a prototype solution to a given problem, visitors have a fun and engaging experience with engineering and innovation processes. The ... (details)
