'Autodesk Digital STEAM Applied Mechanics' App Provides Students With Learning Activities
Posted by
Andrew Stevens
on March 25th, 2013
Autodesk Digital STEAM Applied Mechanics is an app designed for teaching students the basics of applied mechanics through game-based learning activities. The app focuses on five interrelated topics, Energy & Work, Force, Power, Loading and Mechanisms. This is just one of three learning apps from Autodesk with the other two being Visual Design and Measurement.
✓ Provides a fun way to make the connection between physical theory and the practical application of mechanics and technology
✓ Engages users to learn about applied mechanics through a combination of imaginative resources, including interactive games and animations
✓ Includes definitions of the applied mechanics used in the games, as well as practical application of the content
✓ Challenges players to use knowledge derived from the games to resolve a series of applied mechanics problems
✓ Teaches the principles that can help guide users to develop the next-generation technological devices and appliances