Does anyone have, or have seen any curriculum materials that relate bicycles to science and math. Anything related to technology, engineering, and design as well would be greatly appreciated. Also if anyone is interested in collaborating on writing a curriculum together for a science, engineering and technology program around the idea of "Pedal Power" then please let me know.
Here is the description for the program I am looking to develop.
Pedal Power is a program of the Renaissance Community Youth Bike Shop that incorporates science, engineering and technology into a curriculum focused on youth initiated environmental design and appropriate technology projects involving bicycles. The program will engage students to research, design, and construct their own DIY human-powered inventions.
We will work with Engineers Without Borders (EWB), a student group that works on environmental design and appropriate technology in international development, to develop our curriculum and instruct the class. Middle school students will spend the first part of the course learning about the basics of engineering, construction, design, energy, and technology. Then students will work in teams to design, and implement their own "Pedal Powered" invention. After student teams have constructed their machines, they will have the opportunity to display and show them off to the community at our spring event. In the future this program has many options for growth and development including participating in design contests, and entering projects into local events. If successful, this program has the opportunity to expand into new and exciting realms in design and engineering beyond Pedal Powered projects within the scope of appropriate technology such as home scale wind power, etc...
To add to that request,
Does anyone have any curriculum relating to Mobility Education (biking, walking, transit ed)?
Biciaccion (bike action) is starting an afterschool class in association with Citizen Schools on Mobility Ed & Bike Mechanics.
Best,
Angelina M. Lopez Project Manager, BikeABQ Board Member, Biciaccion angelina.m.lopez@gmail.com 505-507-5400
The book "The Bicycle Wheel" by Jobst Brandt has some pretty technical engineering/physics explanations related to wheel construction. I don't remember if his contact info is listed in the book but I know he used to frequent rec.bicycles.tech and was approachable (if a little gruff ;-)
Chris
--- adam schwartz rideyourbicycle@gmail.com wrote:
Does anyone have, or have seen any curriculum materials that relate bicycles to science and math. Anything related to technology, engineering, and design as well would be greatly appreciated. Also if anyone is interested in collaborating on writing a curriculum together for a science, engineering and technology program around the idea of "Pedal Power" then please let me know.
Here is the description for the program I am looking to develop.
Pedal Power is a program of the Renaissance Community Youth Bike
Shop that
incorporates science, engineering and technology into a curriculum
focused
on youth initiated environmental design and appropriate technology
projects
involving bicycles. The program will engage students to research,
design,
and construct their own DIY human-powered inventions.
We will work with Engineers Without Borders (EWB), a student group
that
works on environmental design and appropriate technology in
international
development, to develop our curriculum and instruct the class.
Middle school
students will spend the first part of the course learning about the
basics
of engineering, construction, design, energy, and technology. Then
students
will work in teams to design, and implement their own "Pedal
Powered"
invention. After student teams have constructed their machines,
they will
have the opportunity to display and show them off to the community
at our
spring event. In the future this program has many options for
growth and
development including participating in design contests, and
entering
projects into local events. If successful, this program has the
opportunity
to expand into new and exciting realms in design and engineering
beyond
Pedal Powered projects within the scope of appropriate technology
such as
home scale wind power, etc...
-- Adam Schwartz, Program Coordinator The Renaissance Youth Bike Shop 6200 Sheridan Street, Riverdale, MD Rideyourbicycle@gmail.com (301) 405-3213
Chris Wells (Head Mechanic & Email Handler)
re-Cycles Bicycle Co-op 477 Bronson Ave. Ottawa
re-Cycles is open 6pm-10pm Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays (for volunteering, DIY, bike & parts sales & donation drop off) AND SUNDAYS 3pm-6pm for Volunteering and Donations! :-)
Bike sales and donation drop off also available during Cycle Salvation hours: 9am-5:30pm Tuesday to Friday, and 9am-1pm on Saturday
(IMPORTANT: Please remember that while Cycle Salvation will be using our shop during the day, any public bike repair, whether volunteer or do-it-yourself, is still only during regular re-Cycles hours in the evenings.)
info@re-cycles.ca http://www.re-cycles.ca/
I ma speaheading a small community bike project in castleberry hills, this project has great potential. we are still trying to figure out the best route possible, based on the successes and failures of previous similar programs. it would be awesome if you all could sound off. our community is small, artsy, in transition, and old. we kind of would like to have a bike library of sorts, but think that the bike systems so succesful in amsterdam, copenhagenadn paris might be better for their lack of involvement that they would require...
what's on your minds?
thanks! ~dayna
Hello, Dayna, I think your discussion should look at what Pris has done, and if you do the steps of what they have done you will have the success they are having. This includes ten years of build up of bicycle infrastructure, and build up of the public-bike program. Paris instituted storefront public-bike locations first, for over five years, a place where people could rent short-term public-bikes from a human. This was called 'Roue Libre'. The feeling of safety of public-bikes was built up over time, the public gainned acceptance of them. Later the 'Velib' system was installled in a grand scale, in a community that was ready and accedpting of public-bikes. This discussion would help the group understand the value of a long term program to advocate and successfully operate a public-bike fleet.
Look at www.Librarybikes.org for some more ideas.
Bill
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:34:05 -0400 From: dayna@luckyfish.tv To: thethinktank@bikecollectives.org; thethinktank@bikecollectives.org Subject: [TheThinkTank] Public use bike manufacturers
I ma speaheading a small community bike project in castleberry hills, this project has great potential. we are still trying to figure out the best route possible, based on the successes and failures of previous similar programs. it would be awesome if you all could sound off. our community is small, artsy, in transition, and old. we kind of would like to have a bike library of sorts, but think that the bike systems so succesful in amsterdam, copenhagenadn paris might be better for their lack of involvement that they would require...
what's on your minds?
thanks! ~dayna
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speaking of books, you might be interested in checking out "Bicycling Science" by David Gordon Wilson. excitingly geeky physics and such. not exactly curriculum material in the sense you re hoping for, perhaps a
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 2:04 PM, Chris Wells re-cycles@rogers.com wrote:
The book "The Bicycle Wheel" by Jobst Brandt has some pretty technical engineering/physics explanations related to wheel construction. I don't remember if his contact info is listed in the book but I know he used to frequent rec.bicycles.tech and was approachable (if a little gruff ;-)
Chris
--- adam schwartz rideyourbicycle@gmail.com wrote:
Does anyone have, or have seen any curriculum materials that relate bicycles to science and math. Anything related to technology, engineering, and design as well would be greatly appreciated. Also if anyone is interested in collaborating on writing a curriculum together for a science, engineering and technology program around the idea of "Pedal Power" then please let me know.
Here is the description for the program I am looking to develop.
Pedal Power is a program of the Renaissance Community Youth Bike
Shop that
incorporates science, engineering and technology into a curriculum
focused
on youth initiated environmental design and appropriate technology
projects
involving bicycles. The program will engage students to research,
design,
and construct their own DIY human-powered inventions.
We will work with Engineers Without Borders (EWB), a student group
that
works on environmental design and appropriate technology in
international
development, to develop our curriculum and instruct the class.
Middle school
students will spend the first part of the course learning about the
basics
of engineering, construction, design, energy, and technology. Then
students
will work in teams to design, and implement their own "Pedal
Powered"
invention. After student teams have constructed their machines,
they will
have the opportunity to display and show them off to the community
at our
spring event. In the future this program has many options for
growth and
development including participating in design contests, and
entering
projects into local events. If successful, this program has the
opportunity
to expand into new and exciting realms in design and engineering
beyond
Pedal Powered projects within the scope of appropriate technology
such as
home scale wind power, etc...
-- Adam Schwartz, Program Coordinator The Renaissance Youth Bike Shop 6200 Sheridan Street, Riverdale, MD Rideyourbicycle@gmail.com (301) 405-3213
Chris Wells (Head Mechanic & Email Handler)
re-Cycles Bicycle Co-op 477 Bronson Ave. Ottawa
re-Cycles is open 6pm-10pm Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays (for volunteering, DIY, bike & parts sales & donation drop off) AND SUNDAYS 3pm-6pm for Volunteering and Donations! :-)
Bike sales and donation drop off also available during Cycle Salvation hours: 9am-5:30pm Tuesday to Friday, and 9am-1pm on Saturday
(IMPORTANT: Please remember that while Cycle Salvation will be using our shop during the day, any public bike repair, whether volunteer or do-it-yourself, is still only during regular re-Cycles hours in the evenings.)
info@re-cycles.ca http://www.re-cycles.ca/ _______________________________________________ Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o...
I second Bicycling Science, there are also online resources...
http://www.exploratorium.edu/cycling/
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 8:57 PM, Ann Altstatt annaltstatt@gmail.com wrote:
speaking of books, you might be interested in checking out "Bicycling Science" by David Gordon Wilson. excitingly geeky physics and such. not exactly curriculum material in the sense you re hoping for, perhaps a
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 2:04 PM, Chris Wells re-cycles@rogers.com wrote:
The book "The Bicycle Wheel" by Jobst Brandt has some pretty technical engineering/physics explanations related to wheel construction. I don't remember if his contact info is listed in the book but I know he used to frequent rec.bicycles.tech and was approachable (if a little gruff ;-)
Chris
--- adam schwartz rideyourbicycle@gmail.com wrote:
Does anyone have, or have seen any curriculum materials that relate bicycles to science and math. Anything related to technology, engineering, and design as well would be greatly appreciated. Also if anyone is interested in collaborating on writing a curriculum together for a science, engineering and technology program around the idea of "Pedal Power" then please let me know.
Here is the description for the program I am looking to develop.
Pedal Power is a program of the Renaissance Community Youth Bike
Shop that
incorporates science, engineering and technology into a curriculum
focused
on youth initiated environmental design and appropriate technology
projects
involving bicycles. The program will engage students to research,
design,
and construct their own DIY human-powered inventions.
We will work with Engineers Without Borders (EWB), a student group
that
works on environmental design and appropriate technology in
international
development, to develop our curriculum and instruct the class.
Middle school
students will spend the first part of the course learning about the
basics
of engineering, construction, design, energy, and technology. Then
students
will work in teams to design, and implement their own "Pedal
Powered"
invention. After student teams have constructed their machines,
they will
have the opportunity to display and show them off to the community
at our
spring event. In the future this program has many options for
growth and
development including participating in design contests, and
entering
projects into local events. If successful, this program has the
opportunity
to expand into new and exciting realms in design and engineering
beyond
Pedal Powered projects within the scope of appropriate technology
such as
home scale wind power, etc...
-- Adam Schwartz, Program Coordinator The Renaissance Youth Bike Shop 6200 Sheridan Street, Riverdale, MD Rideyourbicycle@gmail.com (301) 405-3213
Chris Wells (Head Mechanic & Email Handler)
re-Cycles Bicycle Co-op 477 Bronson Ave. Ottawa
re-Cycles is open 6pm-10pm Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays (for volunteering, DIY, bike & parts sales & donation drop off) AND SUNDAYS 3pm-6pm for Volunteering and Donations! :-)
Bike sales and donation drop off also available during Cycle Salvation
hours: 9am-5:30pm Tuesday to Friday, and 9am-1pm on Saturday
(IMPORTANT: Please remember that while Cycle Salvation will be using our
shop during the day, any public bike repair, whether volunteer or do-it-yourself, is still only during regular re-Cycles hours in the evenings.)
info@re-cycles.ca http://www.re-cycles.ca/ _______________________________________________ Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org
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Yes!
I am just leaving from a conference on technology for development
which was attended by an MIT undergraduate as she left to go to
Tanzania and develop a curriculum for teaching a course in appropriate
technology at a vocational school. I participated in a brainstorming
session to come up with examples for her and she left with a list of
good prospects. I am going to forward this email to her so she can
respond although it may take her a little time as she does not have
easy internet access while she is there.
Other sources that are too challenging for most middle school students
but from which you could probably pull some examples:
One well known book with lots of examples is Cycling Science by MIT
emeritus professor, David Gordon Wilson: http://www.amazon.com/Bicycling-Science-David-Gordon-Wilson/dp/0262731541/re...
Expert Village has some interesting videos done by Charles McMahon,
retired professor of material science at U of Penn at: http://www.expertvillage.com/video-series/457_bicycle-parts.htm
He has a book at: http://www.merionmedia.com/
Gwyn Jones, lab instructor MIT d-lab http://web.mit.edu/d-lab/ Maya Pedal http://www.mayapedal.org/
On Jun 11, 2008, at 4:52 PM, adam schwartz wrote:
Does anyone have, or have seen any curriculum materials that relate
bicycles to science and math. Anything related to technology,
engineering, and design as well would be greatly appreciated. Also
if anyone is interested in collaborating on writing a curriculum
together for a science, engineering and technology program around
the idea of "Pedal Power" then please let me know.Here is the description for the program I am looking to develop. Pedal Power is a program of the Renaissance Community Youth Bike
Shop that incorporates science, engineering and technology into a
curriculum focused on youth initiated environmental design and
appropriate technology projects involving bicycles. The program
will engage students to research, design, and construct their own
DIY human-powered inventions. We will work with Engineers Without Borders (EWB), a student group
that works on environmental design and appropriate technology in
international development, to develop our curriculum and instruct
the class. Middle school students will spend the first part of the
course learning about the basics of engineering, construction,
design, energy, and technology. Then students will work in teams to
design, and implement their own "Pedal Powered" invention. After
student teams have constructed their machines, they will have the
opportunity to display and show them off to the community at our
spring event. In the future this program has many options for growth
and development including participating in design contests, and
entering projects into local events. If successful, this program has
the opportunity to expand into new and exciting realms in design and
engineering beyond Pedal Powered projects within the scope of
appropriate technology such as home scale wind power, etc...-- Adam Schwartz, Program Coordinator The Renaissance Youth Bike Shop 6200 Sheridan Street, Riverdale, MD Rideyourbicycle@gmail.com (301) 405-3213
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Here is a summary of what we do to relate Bike Ed to standard subjects. Sorry, not a curriculum, but a place to start...
http://ohiocitycycles.org/wiki/tiki-download_file.php?fileId=3
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 4:52 PM, adam schwartz rideyourbicycle@gmail.com wrote:
Does anyone have, or have seen any curriculum materials that relate bicycles to science and math....
Jim Sheehan Director, Ohio City Bicycle Co-op 1823 Columbus Rd Cleveland, Ohio 44113 216 830 2667 OhioCityCycles.org
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