Human Powered Submarine

. The students of High Tech High are designing and building a Human Powered Submarine. This project is truly an interdisciplinary project that incorporates science, humanities, math, and engineering. In order to accomplish this goal, each student will become scuba certified in order to pilot the Human Powered Submarine which is full of water. Students focus work on creating an alternative way to travel and do the entire project by utilizing public transportation and carpools to all appointments with engineers and the scuba diving education. Students become comfortable with traveling using alternatives to cars. The students will each learn about the environmental impact of energy consumption, marine ecology, causes of previous wars and the use of technology, science, engineering and math including all of the following content areas. Marine Conservation and Ecology Underwater Marine Life and Ecological Impact Environmental Impact of Energy Consumption Gas Laws (Boyle, Charles, Ideal, etc) Gas Exchange in Lungs World War I World War II Scuba Knowledge for Certification Computer Modeling PH chemistry Gas Exchange in Liquids Solubility History of Submarines and their Impact on War How did the Submarines affect our environment? Scuba Dive While the core content in these areas is taught, students are simultaneously working with engineers to learn to design and implement designs into the creation of their submarine. Students then begin the building process to create the Human Powered Submarine. The culminating event will be an educational website for teachers to use to replicate this project. In addition, all students will co-sponsor and race the submarine they designed and built against other university level teams in the San Diego Human Powered Submarine Competition on July 28th through August 1st. As sponsors of the Human Powered Submarine competition students serve as safety divers at the Cardrock Model Basin in Escondido for all of the university competitors. Students must be able to scuba dive well in order to carry out the duties of a safety diver.

Marine Conservation and Ecology Underwater Marine Life and Ecological Impact Environmental Impact of Energy Consumption Gas Laws (Boyle, Charles, Ideal, etc) Gas Exchange in Lungs World War I World War II Scuba Knowledge for Certification Computer Modeling PH chemistry Gas Exchange in Liquids Solubility History of Submarines and their Impact on War How did the Submarines affect our environment?

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