Everyday Engineering
What type of Engineer?
Design and fix!
Engineered to Impress!
100

This device turns electricity into light and is commonly used to brighten rooms, hallways, and outdoor spaces.

Light bulb!

100

This engineer applies Newton’s laws of motion to design engines, vehicles, and machines.

Mechanical engineer

100

Engineers use this shape a lot when building bridges and towers because it is the strongest and doesn’t change shape easily. What is this shape?

Triangles

100

This Calgary landmark stands 191 meters tall and uses reinforced concrete and a hollow core for strength.

the Calgary tower

200

This machine uses a motor and pulley system to move people or objects vertically between floors in a building.

an Elevator

200

This engineer studies forces on structures and materials to design buildings, bridges, and towers.

Civil engineer

200

This force is typically the main problem when parts in a machine wear down and stop working smoothly over time.

Friction!

200

This bridge in San Francisco is known for its orange-red color and suspension cables that stretch over 2.7 km.

the Golden Gate Bridge 

300

This object uses compressed gas or a pump mechanism to force liquid out in a fine mist or stream...

A spray bottle

300

JThis engineer works with electronics, signal processing, and circuit design for things like radar and robotics.

Electrical engineer

300

A bridge keeps swaying when cars drive over it. Engineers need to add something to make it more stable and stop the movement. What could they add?

Support beams

300

this structure is the tallest building in the world!

the Burj Khalifa

400

This kitchen appliance uses rapidly spinning metal coils and strong magnets to heat pots and pans directly, without getting the cooktop itself hot.

an “Induction” stovetop

400

This engineer combines biology, materials science, and mechanics to create medical technologies like prosthetics or artificial organs.

Biomedical engineer

400

A toy car’s wheels wobble and don’t spin smoothly. To fix this, you tighten the part that holds the wheels in place. What is this part called?

The axle

400

This rover used a sky crane system to safely land on Mars in 2021 (what did they name this rover?)

Perseverance 

500

This safety device is usually mounted on a ceiling and uses sensors to detect invisible gases produced by incomplete combustion, like from a furnace or gas stove. (hint! Not a smoke detector)

A Carbon monoxide detector

500

This engineer designs aircraft, spacecraft, satellites, and missiles, often dealing with aerodynamics and propulsion systems.

Aerospace engineer

500

You are manufacturing a toy car, you find that it works great mobing straight but when it goes to turn it tips over, what is most likely causing this to occur?

The toy cars center of gravity is too high!

500

This is the tallest building in Calgary at this moment

the Brookefield Place building