Engineers: Not Just for Trains

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Engineers Not Just for Trains

• Charlene Catalano, Lori Gratch, Kristen Henry,
  and Lauren Lipinski

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• How many of you have ever been to an amusement
  park?
• What was your favorite part?
• What components make up a park?
• Who created the park? How?
• What skills did they use? What did they need to
  think about in order to build a great park?

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Four Components of an Amusement Park

• Attractions
• Food
• Games
• Rides

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• List as many as you can in the next three
  minutes
• What type of engineering was involved in building
  your part of the park?
• What sorts of things did these engineers need to
  think about?

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Engineers Not Just for Trains

• Attractions
• Industrial, civil, agricultural
• Food
• Chemical, material, industrial
• Games
• Industrial, electrical, mechanical
• Rides
• Mechanical, electrical

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Amusement parks are places that many of us have
spent the day laughing, smiling, and screaming.
Imagine creating this excitement for everyone to
enjoy and getting paid money to do it!