A single attack in the power system may cause cascading failure and catastrophic human and economic losses. Because the system operator has limited resources, it is necessary for an operator to identify the most critical element on the power grid and to allocate their resources on those elements to protect the grid. Students take on the system operator role and design means to protect a model power grid with protective barriers.
Save Your Tomato Cans TEK8 Student Handout
The student handout will be given to all students working on the design challenge. It gives a brief recap of the story, it helps the students identify what they are attempting to achieve, and it recaps the design process.
Save Your Tomato Cans Facilitator’s Guide
This Facilitator’s Guide provides the instructor additional information on how to run the design challenge with alternatives for materials and test setups as well as information to help make the design challenge a good educational experience.
The Telling the Story Video conveys the societal impact of the student’s research that is the basis for the design challenge and will set the problem-solving context for students.
The Design Challenge Video leads students through the design process. It indicates materials available, states what the criteria are for success and any constraints. It also gives a second ‘level’ of the design challenge that allows ‘early completers’ to move on to a slightly more difficult challenge.