Posted on January 1st, 2009 by ASEE
The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF) bills itself as the world’s largest international pre-college science competition, providing a forum for more than 1,500 high school students from over 40 countries to showcase their independent research. It is only for students in grades 9-12. http://sciserv.org/isef/
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Posted on January 1st, 2009 by ASEE
Have you ever wondered what goes through an engineer’s mind when she is designing a new product? It takes creativity as well as attention to details and design requirements. Often engineers will use an object as an example and then make improvements for safety, function, or attractiveness. Sometimes a design works best when it is […]
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Posted on January 1st, 2009 by ASEE
Open to K-12 students in the United States and in schools operated by the U.S. for American personnel overseas. Among the prizes for the winning entry is a trip to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. http://marsrovername.jpl.nasa.gov/
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Posted on December 29th, 2008 by ASEE
In this activity for grades 6 to 12, students use simple materials to design, build, and test a model of a free-standing structure used to support overhead road signs. First, students watch a video on the engineering design process. Then the design challenge is defined. Next, students conduct research by looking at and discussing images of sign support structures, observing overhead signs in their own environment, and watching a video about bridge design for comparison.
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Posted on December 15th, 2008 by ASEE
In this lesson for grades 6 through 12, the goal is for students to figure out how to collect steam from boiling “polluted” water and then let it condense to create pure, clean water.
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Posted on November 9th, 2008 by ASEE
These two lesson plans for grades 3-8 give elementary school students an early exposure to construction and the composition of building materials. By learning about construction materials used in their school buildings, students see, for instance, how rocks are modified into construction materials. They can also observe how these materials can deteriorate over time.
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Posted on October 27th, 2008 by ASEE
To introduce the two types of stress that materials undergo — compression and tension — students in grades 5-7 examine compressive and tensile forces and learn about bridges and skyscrapers. They construct their own building structure using marshmallows and spaghetti to see which structure can hold the most weight.
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Posted on August 24th, 2008 by ASEE
Research and Practice in K-12 Online Learning: A Review of Open Access Literature This paper reviews open access literature in K-12 online learning and reports on a structured content analysis of the documents. Themes in the literature include steady growth and a focus on the benefits, challenges, and broad effectiveness of K-12 online learning. In […]
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Posted on June 26th, 2008 by ASEE
Students create a parachute using different materials they think will work best. They test their designs then join a class discussion and possible journal writing to evaluate which paper material worked best.
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