Posted on February 11th, 2010 by ASEE
The Triton Engineering Student Council at the University of California, San Diego, celebrates E-Week with Enspire, a student-run outreach event designed to introduce middle school students to university-level engineering. On Wed., Feb. 17th, approximately 400 students will be shown around labs and introduced to engineering through hands-on projects, and will participate and compete in a design competition.
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Posted on February 11th, 2010 by ASEE
Drexel University celebrates National Engineers Week with a panel discussion open to the public: Sustainability: Beyond a Buzzword to a Better Bottom Line (Wed., Feb. 17, 7:30 a.m., $25 registration), and High School Day (Thu., Feb. 18, 8:30am – 2pm), treating local high schools to a day of hands-on engineering activities.
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Posted on February 10th, 2010 by ASEE
The Department of Energy Academies Creating Teacher Scientists (DOE ACTS) program provides STEM educators (Grades 5-12) with sustained, intensive professional development that is experientially based and utilizes the wealth of mentoring talent at DOE National Laboratories. Educators integrate the teaching of STEM disciplines with the practice of science, establish long-term relationships with their mentor scientists and teaching colleagues, transferring their experiences to the classroom. Application deadline: April 15, 2010. 2011 application information pending.
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Tags: Department of Energy, National Laboratories, Scholarships and Fellowships, Science Research, Summer Programs (Teachers)
Posted on February 10th, 2010 by ASEE
Enjoy a free admissions day at the Iowa Children’s Museum on Sat., Feb. 13, in celebration of National Engineers Week. Join engineers from Rockwell Collins and area organizations for activities and experiments throughout the museum. Learn first hand how engineering is incorporated into our everyday activities.
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Posted on February 8th, 2010 by ASEE
The free site Lessonopoly has created student activities and lesson plans to support the video series, Science of the Olympic Winter Games, created by NBC Learn and the National Science Foundation. Featuring exclusive footage from NBC Sports and contributions from Olympic athletes and NSF scientists, the series aims to help teach students concepts like friction and angular momentum.
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Posted on February 8th, 2010 by Jaimie Schock
edHelper offers free 2010 Winter Olympics-themed games, puzzles, booklets, activities and reading materials for students. This comprehensive web page features teaching aids in several different disciplines, including math, reading and writing, language development, critical thinking and more.
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Tags: Class Activities, Curriculum, Grades K-5, Olympics, Resources for Teachers, Web Resources
Posted on February 8th, 2010 by ASEE
The new White House budget would provide $49.7 billion to the Education Department, and calls for the biggest increase — $3 billion — in competitive funding under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act since ESEA was enacted in 1965.
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Posted on February 8th, 2010 by ASEE
Cellphones and iPods are usually no-nos in classrooms. But students at the John Mall High School in Walsenburg, Colo., are — with the blessing of the local school district — being encouraged to use theirs. Necessity is the mother of invention, and the experiment is an attempt to get around a shortage of working classroom computers.
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Posted on February 8th, 2010 by ASEE
NBC and the National Science Foundation (NSF) teamed up to make 16 fascinating videos about the science and engineering of the Olympic Winter Games. We picked a few favorites, below.
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