Join ASEE for “At Home With Engineering” Virtual Conference
ASEE’s Pre-College Engineering Education (PCEE) division invites teachers to participate in high-quality professional development June 22-26 at ASEE’s first-ever Virtual Conference, where they will learn best practices for integrating engineering and STEM in their P-12 classroom. The PCEE will cover both annual ASEE and division dues for the first 35 non-member teachers who register and pay to participate in ASEE’s “At Home with Engineering Education” Virtual Conference.
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It seemed like a simple request. Lake Regional Hospital in Osage Beach, Mo., needed 150 face shields for those caring for coronavirus patients. Students at nearby Camdenton High School rushed to help – and soon began fielding requests from first responders and even U.S. troops in Afghanistan. Their supply source: 3-D printers the nearby middle school had received as part of a University of Missouri program to improve STEM education. 
With schools closed during the Covid-19 pandemic, ASEE members and other engineering and technology educators are posting daily design challenges, hosting teacher meetups, and creating ways to engage students in STEM learning at home.
Most kids think scientists and engineers are men. Mission Unstoppable With Miranda Cosgrove, a new CBS Saturday morning program aims to inspire teenage girls to pursue STEM by showcasing female STEM researchers and their exciting work. 
Elementary students discover the entire process that goes into designing rockets, including what real-world decisions engineers must make in such important areas as supplies, ethics, deadlines, and budgets. They also learn about the engineering design process and that the first design is almost never the final design.
Introduce a girl to engineering. Make slime and other cool stuff. National Engineers Week takes place Feb. 16 to 22 and this year’s theme – Pioneers of Progress – marks 30 years of celebrating the diversity of engineers and their work on the frontiers of discovery. Check out local events, downloadable activities, and other ideas for bringing EWeek 2020 to your classroom.
The Trustey Family STEM Teaching Fellows program at the University of Notre Dame’s Center for STEM Education provides top-tier professional development and continual feedback to teachers in grades 5 to 8 over the course of two years. The program, which covers travel, meals, and lodging for a two-week summer institutes on campus and January summit, includes a $6,000 stipend. Apply by Feb. 21, 2020.
A classic engineering challenge involves designing and building devices that can deliver necessary goods to “Toxic Island,” an island that has been quarantined by the World Health Organization due to a nasty outbreak of disease. Working within specific constraints, including limited materials, middle school students follow the engineering design process to design, test, and improve a device that can deliver “medicine” and other vital supplies accurately and quickly without touching either the water or island.
Nominate an outstanding K-6 mathematics, science, or computer science teacher for the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST). Nominations are due March 1, 2020, with applications due May 1.
