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t n e m u c o Train Design D y c a g e NAME L g n i n r a e L

Who am I? t n e m u c Chemical Engineer o D y c a g e L g n i n r a e L

Who is an engineer? t n e m u An engineer is… c o D Engineers work with machines y Play ‘Who is an Engineer?’ c a g A B C D e L g n i n r a e L

What do engineers do? t n e m u c o D y c a g e L g n i n r a e L

Crossrail: A railway route east to west t n e m u c o D y c a g e L g n i n r a e L

t n e m u c o D y Crossrail Railway Engineering c a g e L g n i n r a e L

Crossrail Engineers: Railways t n e m u c o Safe! D y c a g e L g n i n r a e L

Train Wheels & Track t n e m Wheel wraps around track u c o D y c a g e L g n i n Small r a contact e area L

Challenge: Stability on Wheels t n e m Bicycle: 2 wheels u c o D Unicycle: 1 wheel y c a g e L g n Car: 4 wheels i n r a e L

Challenge: Frame to Axle t n e m u c Car Chassis o D y c a g e L g n i n r a Axles e L Frame

t n e m u c Engineering Challenge: o D Build Railway Wheel and Track y c a g e How far will yours go? L g n i n r a e L

Task Header here max 30 characters t n e m u c o Build a train car D y It must fit the size of the rail c a Wheels have to spin, not slide g e L It must be able to hook onto g your classmates’ cars in front of n and behind it i n r a e L

Design Process Header here max 30 characters t n e m u c o D y c a g e L g n i n r a e L

t n e m u c EVALUATION & PRESENTATION o D y c a g Show us how you roll e L Explain your design g n i n r a e L

Discussion t n e m u Explain your carriage design. c o D y Does your carriage work? What could make it c a better? g e L g Did your design turn out how you thought it would? n i n r a e L

Do you need more help? t n e m u c o D y c a g e L g n i n r a e L

Photo Credit (all others taken by Rachel Handel on behalf of Young Crossrail) Slide 3 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Perfluorodecyl-chain-from-xtal-Mercury-3D-balls.png t http://met.sdsmt.edu/reu/2013/5/2.Report/Final%20Report.pdf n e Slide 4 m A:http://www.motorsport.com/#!/lemans/photo/main-gallery/leena-2/?i=11821&id=1062728&sz=1&s=2 B:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Atkinson_Rowan.jpg u C:http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Possible_Self-Portrait_of_Leonardo_da_Vinci.jpg D:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Warren_Roebling c o Slide 5 D http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolate http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Navy_101005-N-2055M- 357_Navy_volunteers_are_framed_between_the_prosthetic_legs_of_a_Paralympic_Military_Sports_Camp_participant_at_Balbo y a_Naval_.jpg c http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Walton_with_Leicester_-_Peterborough_East_train_geograph-2791492-by-Ben- a Brooksbank.jpg g Slide 6 e http://www.crossrail.co.uk L Slide 8 g http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derailment n i Slide 10 n Openclipart.org r a Slide 11 e http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/GWK_chassis_%28Autocar_Handbook%2C_Ninth_edition%29.jpg L