Computer Science Resources
Posted on September 27th, 2019 by Mary Lord
To help teachers and students as young as six explore the rewarding fields of computer science and engineering, eGFI has compiled this list of activities, free online courses, computer animations, and other resources.
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Middle school students learn the concept of dead reckoning by using vectors to plot a course based on a time and speed, then correct their positions with vectors representing winds and currents. Includes a link to related activities on navigation and creating nautical charts.
Applications are now open for the Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program (SEAP), an eight-week, paid summer research program for rising high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors administered by the American Society for Engineering Education. Students work alongside professional engineers and research scientists on real projects at one of 28 Navy labs around the country. Online applications are due by 6 p.m. Eastern onNovember 1, 2019.
In this lesson, students in grades 2 – 7 use simple materials to design and make model sailboats that must stay upright and sail straight in a testing tank. They will learn the basic components of a ship and how design represents a tradeoff between speed, stability, and ease of handling.
Elementary students learn about wind and kinetic and renewable energy while following the steps of the engineering design process to imagine, create, test, evaluate, and refine small, wind-powered sail cars built from limited quantities of drinking straws, masking tape, paper, and beads. Teams of two then compete to see which sail-car travels the farthest when pushed by the wind (simulated by the use of an electric fan).
Middle school students take on the role of marine biologists to investigate how sharks move in three-dimensional space (3-D). Understanding the mathematics behind shark movement will inform the design of a prototype joystick for a robotic exploration shark used to collect oceanic data.
Winners can receive up to $250,000 in the 2020 Regeneron Science Talent Search, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science, technology, engineering, and mathematics competition for high school seniors. Apply by November 12, 2019.
Students in grades 2 to 5 are introduced to the dangerous work of scientists who study great white sharks. They work in engineering teams to select appropriate materials from a makers pace to design a shark cage that will help a diver submerge safely into a tank of sharks.
Two policy think tanks, one conservative and the other liberal, have teamed up in a contest to generate breakthrough ideas for dramatically improving K-12 student outcomes, including in STEM. Submit brief descriptions by August 1, 2019. Ten finalists will receive $1,000 and a chance to compete for the $10,000 grand prize.
