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Exploring Career Achievement Award - Engineering & Technology
Exploring Post
2021 requirements, effective May 1, 2021
Requirements
Complete nine of the following achievements:
1.
Do the following:
(a)
Build a switch magic project.
(b)
Display and demonstrate your project at a post meeting or in another public place.
2.
Do the following:
(a)
Build a small Jacob's ladder (high-voltage arc).
(b)
Demonstrate your project at a post meeting, community group, class, or other group meeting.
3.
Do the following:
(a)
Learn soldering techniques by building a self-contained, solid-state signal injector.
(b)
Demonstrate what you have learned about soldering to your post, another post, a community group, or another group.
4.
Build an ohmmeter that will show a person's grip strength and display it.
5.
Do one of the following:
Complete 1 of the following
(a)
Build a model of a space station.
(b)
Make a tabletop display on the concept for a space station. Show the display at your post or another group meeting.
6.
Tour a manufacturer of soft and/or hard goods, such as automobiles, radios, TVs, paint, oil and gas, batteries, etc. Share what you see and/or learn with other Explorers
7.
Learn how to construct electronic dice in which, when the "roll" button is depressed, all 14 LEDs go on, and then a "roll-down" similar to the effect obtained when regular dice are thrown.
8.
Learn and teach other Explorers or youth groups how to construct a model bridge out of basswood and glue.
9.
Do one of the following:
Complete 1 of the following
(a)
Either participate in or organize and lead a contest to construct a paper airplane and test it in three areas: weight, time aloft, and aesthetic design.
(b)
Either participate in or organize and lead a contest to build vehicles propelled by a mouse trap spring or a rubber band.
10.
Design a playground set, bench area, garden trail, pedestrian bridge, or pavilion for a park, school, retirement home, etc. If possible, build your project.
11.
Tour a construction site with an engineer. Discuss various jobs done on the site. What are the steps in the construction process? What role did a civil engineer play? Other engineers? Ask about the inspection process.
12.
Explain the work of SIX of the following types of engineers: civil, mechanical, chemical, electrical, industrial, agricultural, aeronautical, mining, astronomical, metallurgical, nuclear, biomedical, ceramic, and petroleum.
13.
With your adult leader's advice, select a subject to research in engineering. Research publications and interview experts. Tell what you learned and where you got the facts.
14.
Visit five websites to discover three new trends in computers or computer programming. Or find out about five engineering professional organizations. Write about the three new trends or the five organizations in a two-page report for your adult leader.
15.
Obtain information on five colleges or universities that offer engineering as a major course of study. Prepare a presentation for your post that includes (a) what engineering programs are offered, (b) what the admission requirements are, and (c) what the graduation requirements are for a bachelor's degree. Have the college mail information to you so you can share it with other Explorers or another group.
16.
Attend a regional or national engineering conference as a staff member or participant.