Penguin Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 I found out about this text (Principles of Engineering by Handley/Coon/Marshall) by reading old threads, and I am tempted to purchase it. ETA: textbook link http://www.amazon.com/Principles-Engineering-Project-Lead-Way/dp/1435428366/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1426343666&sr=8-1&keywords=principles+of+engineering+handley Has anyone actually used it? Seen it? Is it homeschool friendly? Would the lack of a solutions manual send me over the edge? We would like to incorporate an Intro to Engineering course into our homeschool. DS is interested, and DH and I both have engineering degrees. Nevertheless, I have no desire to work out problems that can't be checked in a solutions manual. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkT Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Visit some Engineering school websites to see what text they use the for Intro to Eng course. Then buy a slightly older edition. BookBoon may have a free one. Not sure how you get solutions for their textbook problems. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkT Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 I found out about this text (Principles of Engineering by Handley/Coon/Marshall) by reading old threads, and I am tempted to purchase it. ETA: textbook link http://www.amazon.com/Principles-Engineering-Project-Lead-Way/dp/1435428366/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1426343666&sr=8-1&keywords=principles+of+engineering+handley Has anyone actually used it? Seen it? Is it homeschool friendly? Would the lack of a solutions manual send me over the edge? We would like to incorporate an Intro to Engineering course into our homeschool. DS is interested, and DH and I both have engineering degrees. Nevertheless, I have no desire to work out problems that can't be checked in a solutions manual. there is a workbook ISBN-10: 1435428366 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 You can sometimes find the instructor's CD used on amazon. The ISBN is 9781435428386. I considered it because it was specifically written for high school, not college. In the end, we opted to go a different direction. Ds wanted to add another round of physics as he had already picked an area of interest in engineering. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie of KY Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Looking at the previews, it looks like a cool book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katilac Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 You can get a free 7-day trial of the Kindle version to examine it in more depth. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted March 14, 2015 Author Share Posted March 14, 2015 elegantlion, THANK YOU! An old post of yours led me to the book :) Thanks for chiming in.Wow, how did I not know about this 7-day Kindle trial thing? :hurray: I presume the books just vanish on their own after 7 days w/no action required. Good golly, what an awesome feature. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SA Homeschooler Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 I stumbled upon this resource that I hope to use with my STEM son on EdX; I thought someone else might be interested as well. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted March 23, 2015 Author Share Posted March 23, 2015 The 7-day Kindle trial was perfect. :hurray: :hurray: :hurray: There was a lot that I liked about the book. We were MechE majors, and there is a lot of MechE content. But there were far fewer problems than I expected. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momto2Cs Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Thank you for this thread! Looks very intriguing, especially for my rising 9th grader. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkT Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 free http://www.ck12.org/book/Engineering:-An-Introduction-for-High-School/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momto2Cs Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 free http://www.ck12.org/book/Engineering:-An-Introduction-for-High-School/ Thanks! I will check this out as I am always a big fan of free! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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