Teaching Resources to Support the Delivery of the Engineering Diploma – Level 3
We have a number of teaching resources that can be used to support delivery of the Engineering Diploma at level 3.
In particular, we can provide packages of practical activities, software simulations, subject related Word files to create student assignments, assessments and projects, theory presentations in PowerPoint and SCORM compliant
e-learning content.
Topics Areas Include:
- Analogue/digital signals and transmission media
- Sensors, transducers and displays
- Open and closed loop control, incorporating PID
- Programmable Logic Control
- Forces, motion, work and energy
- Electrical principles
- Chemistry
- Waves, sound and light
- Constructing science experiments
- Problem solving in engineering
Each package has been created to allow teachers to deliver the key practical objectives of the related unit using a unique combination of:
- Teacher delivered theory with supporting PowerPoints and simulators
- Assessment activities
- Worksheets that can be customised and edited by the teacher using Word or PowerPoint
- SCORM compliant e-learning materials for delivery within a learning management system
- Extended learning through independent study modules, projects and homework
Click below for typical examples of activities using LJ Create resources.
Typical examples
Analogue and digital signals and transmission media
Interconnect electronic circuits and examine the processing of signals in PAM and PCM transmission systems. Use a variety of test equipment to practically interrogate circuits that include operational amplifiers, filters, ADCs and DACs, parallel-in serial-out registers and serial-in parallel-out registers.
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Sensors, transducers and display in instrumentation and control applications
Interconnect input sensors, signal conditioning circuits and output transducers to form control applications. Use data acquisition instrumentation to monitor and record control system performance.
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Open and closed loop control
Configure and use test equipment to observe open loop and closed loop control with PID functions.
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PLCs in instrumentation and control applications
Develop a PLC ladder logic programme to control a parts processing system that comprises input sensors and output actuators.
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Applications of control engineering
Control a variety of applications by writing, compiling and downloading BASIC programmes into a PIC microcontroller.
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Forces in engineering systems
Perform experiments to resolve forces in a coplanar system.
Statics and dynamics, heat and energy
Investigate the relationship between work, potential energy and kinetic energy of a pendulum system, incorporating the use of dataloggers and sensors.
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Motion, work and energy
Investigate the dynamic principles of vehicles and demonstrate Newton's 2nd Law of Motion, incorporating the use of dataloggers and sensors. Investigate a lifting system by calculating the electrical energy supplied to, and the mechanical energy produced by, a motor and gearbox.
Statics and dynamics, heat and energy
Investigate the relationship between work, potential energy and kinetic energy of a pendulum system, incorporating the use of dataloggers and sensors.
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Electrical principles
Practically investigate Kirchoff's Voltage Law and Kirchoff's Current Law.
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Engineering Chemistry
Perform experiments to investigate temperature changes in exothermic and endothermic reactions.
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Fluid dynamics
Investigate the relationship between pressure and depths in fluids.
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Waves, sound and light
Observe the traces produced by both vibrating columns of air and vibrating strings. Establish the relationship between the frequency of sound and the vibrating length.
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Analytical and problem-solving skills in engineering
Use design and problem-solving skills to find a solution for a crawler to travel across a tray without touching the bottom.
Constructing engineering science experiments and recording data
Conduct an experiment using several different methods. Evaluate each method and decide which one is the most accurate and reliable.
