AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATION & MEMBERS, SISTER SOCIETIES, AND PARTNERS 

ASEE P-12 Instructors and Parents Facebook Group. No-touch door openers, chairs for bears, and other daily design challenges offer fun ways for students engage in engineering while schools are closed during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Beauty And The Beak Read Aloud. [YouTube video] Raptor biologist Janie Veltkamp reads the AAAS award-winning tale she coauthored with Deborah Rose about engineering a prosthetic beak for a bald eagle named Beauty whose beak had been damaged by a poacher. Read the 2018 eGFI Teachers blog post about the book and lesson plans.

Engineering Everywhere. [pilot video, above] ASEE Fellow Laura Bottomley, director of the women in engineering program and The Engineering Place P-12 outreach program at North Carolina State University, describes the engineering that goes into footwear – from high-performance running shoes to ballet slippers.

Engineering Everywhere. [activities & videos] The Museum of Science Boston’s free curriculum  aims to engage middle school students in after-school programs and other informal settings with hands-on engineering design challenges on topics from ice cream to home insulation to vertical gardens. There also are YouTube Engineering Everywhere special reports that accompany the challenges, including on animal prosthetics and rainwater runoff.

Teaching During the Pandemic. St. Thomas University engineering professor and Playful Learning Lab founder AnnMarie Thomas co-hosts 30-minute Zoom meetups at 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. Eastern Time for formal and informal educators of all levels to discuss education.

COVID-19 & VIRUS-RELATED ONLINE LEARNING

Covid-19 Science. The San Francisco Exploratorium’s free online-learning toolbox includes hands-on activities such as the Viral Packaging Science Snack, videos about contagion and how soap inactivates the coronavirus, and articles.

Also check out core highlights of the Exploratorium Teacher Institute, including a series of short highlight videos, as well as online events, a learning toolbox for your virtual classroom, and other resources to engage your students in hands-on STEM learning.

DIGITAL CURRICULUM LIBRARIES

TeachEngineering. The University of Colorado-Boulder College of Engineering’s free, searchable collection of teacher-tested engineering lessons and activites that can be done for low- or no-cost includes short “Sprinkles” design activities and maker challenges tailored for afterschool programs or home education.

TryEngineering. The IEEE has updated its repository of engaging engineering activites with a curated list of e-learning resources that range from app-creation websites to virtual labs.

MIT OpenCourseWare. Free online courses plus insights on remote teaching and podcasts with fascinating professors.

National Science Teachers Association Online Teaching Resources. To assist teachers whose classes have moved online, NSTA has compiled a list of external resources plus NSTA professional learning experiences.

PBS LearningMedia. Engineering and technology projects for kids.

LIVE STEM LESSONS, TEACHER MEETUPS & OTHER WEBCASTS

Boolean Girls. Live, online events every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m Eastern time aims to help teach students “to code, build, invent and animate.” Each session introduces new engineering and coding projects and is recorded so students can watch later if they miss the live presentation.

NASA STEM @ Home. Virtual “fireside chats” with astronauts, hands-on activities that can be done at home, and more from NASA.

STEAMWork. The National Children’s Museum hosts a daily STEAM video broadcast at 2:30 Eastern on its Facebook page, including design and build challenges like the Egg Drop.

VIDEOS 

Engineering Everywhere [YouTube series] Short videos explaining the engineering of bikes, skeletons, sails, water, and other common items.

Fun Science Demos for Young Learners. YouTube videos from Temple University’s College of Science and Technology offer fun science demonstrations for young students and children. New videos are added each month.

WEBSITES & RESOURCE LISTS

Carnegie Science Center’s Online Educator Resources. A broad range of K-12 STEM lesson plans, including simple experiments for early learners that use common household items, behind-the-scenes vidieos with Carnegie Science Center’s H2Oh! Field Station, DIY demonstration videos on how to make oobleck and rain gauges, and an educator guide with engineering-themed lesson plans inspired the educational movie Dream Big (now available for streaming). New resources added weekly.

Free Ed-Tech Resources for Schools. THE Journal’s frequently updated list of free software, subscriptions, classes, and other resources for distance learning.

Idaho National Laboriatory’s K-12 STEM Education Resource Library. STEM lesson plans for remote learning, tips and tricks for learning STEM at home, and useful links for educators, students, and families.

Indiana Department of Education Covid-19 Remote Learning Resources. Curated lessons, television programs, teacher guidance, and other resources, searchable by subject, grade-level.

STEM Resources for Teachers. Bloomsburg University in Pennsylvania’s roster of sites to help teachers engage tech-savvy students through project-based learning.

                                                     Graphic from Education Week (4/11/20) article: National Survey Tracks Impact of Coronavirus on Schools

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