TCC 315 Invention and Design

Resource Page

Development of materials accessible through this page was supported by grants from the National Science Foundation, the Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation.

From left to right, this picture shows Tamar Lieberman, Michael Gorman, Norman Fortenberry of the NSF, and Julia Kagiwada at a Division of Undergraduate Education's 1994 Project Impact Conference. On display are Ms. Lieberman's replication's of the experiments leading up to Bell's invention of the telephone

The telephone and environmental modules were also used in a course for gifted secondary students--secondary educators and students are especially invited to browse and adapt these materials to their needs.

• Here is the Spring 1997 Syllabus for TCC 315/PSYC 418.
• 1997 Class notes: notes taken real-time by TA during class discussion
• Systems Tools
• ORAL PRESENTATION GUIDELINES: Patent Presentations

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A Framework for Comparing Inventors




Introduction to Engineering Design

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The Invention of the Telephone

An Active Learning Module

• Introduction
• Background Information
• Problem Statement
• Criteria for Success
• Assignments:
1. Notebooks
2. Prepare a Caveat
3. Prepare a Patent
4. Present your Patent
5. Present a narrative of your groups invention process
6. Reflection paper
• Advice on Working in Groups
• Exhibit 1: First Bell Patent
• Exhibit 2: Gray Caveat
• Exhibit 3: March 10, 1876 -- From Bell's Notebook
• Exhibit 4: Bell Hand's on Simulation Rules
• Exhibit 5:
• Liquid Transmitter
• Magneto Receiver or Transmitter
• Carbon Transmitter
• Photophone Transmitter
• Exhibit 6: The Second Bell Patent
• Sample Student Papers
• Evaluation Form

For more information on the invention of the telephone, see Alexander Graham Bell's Path to the Telephone.

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Inventing for the Environment

An Active Learning Module

• Introduction
• The Environmental Challenge
• Examples of Inventors Who Focused on Environmental Sustainability
• Example of an Environmental City
• Lecture Notes on Ethics
• Library Search Strategies



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FINAL PAPER/PRESENTATION

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The Invention, Design and Discovery Home Page provides a comprehensive set of linked resources for more exploration of the issues raised in this course.

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Unless otherwise noted this page and all its contents and subdocuments are copyright 1994 by Michael E. Gorman, email meg3c@virginia.edu .