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Subject / Course: CANS TO PHONES: HOW IT IS MADE

Topic: Ceramics

Lesson Title:

Level: Beginner Lesson Duration: 75 minutes

Lesson Objectives:

Students should be able to:

Understand what ceramic material is
Understand the steps in making a ceramic material
Differentiate the different molding techniques to form the shape of the material
Understand the basic properties of ceramics and their advantages
Understand basic applications of ceramics in everyday life

Summary of Tasks / Actions:

1. Introduction and Brief History of Ceramics

Ask students about what materials around them are made from ceramics and why they think they are
made of that material
Small demo of different ceramics and comparison of ceramic pot to a plastic pot
2. Structure
Slides on what ceramic is and the different bonds within the material
Menti quiz on history and structure
Cookie Demo
3. Processing
Slides on the steps on creating a ceramic material and different forming techniques
Video on how Fine Porcelain is made
Slides on the exceptions (Glass specific)
4. Properties
Slides on basic properties of material
Container Insulation Demo
5. Performance
Applications of ceramics
Menti quiz on Processing through Performance

Materials / Equipment:

Computer and Camera, Clay pot, glass bottles, flashlight, misc house hold objects
for Cookie Demo: 2 or more different types of cookies (i.e. Oreo/Sandwich, Chips Ahoy, Bakery Cookies,
Homemade, or any other cookie you can think of)

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for Container Insulation Demo: Ceramic containeer (bowl, cup, waterbottle, etc.), metal container, plastic
container

References:

https://depts.washington.edu/matseed/mse_resources/Webpage/Ceramics/ceramics.htm
https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/1769-what-are-ceramics
Processing- https://www.slideshare.net/shunty12/6-processing-of-ceramics-2612971
How its Made: Fine Porcelain- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U7gpzWwamo
Properties - https://ceramics.org/about/what-are-engineered-ceramics-and-glass
https://www.twi-global.com/technical-knowledge/job-knowledge/ceramics-materials-joining-and-
applications-054
https://clubtechnical.com/ceramics

Take Home Tasks:

Watch the following videos on more ceramic processing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNUGDPKzGWM and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH1wqbMszjw

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