COVID-19 has laid bare the critical work of engineers in creating a world safe from pandemics, climate change, cyber-attacks, and other daunting global challenges.

Engineers Week (February 21 to 27, 2021) and its theme, Imagining Tomorrow, is a time to celebrate their important work and engage the next generation of innovators. Even with social distancing, you can make a difference.

• Check out DiscoverE’s STEAM at Home hands-on design activities.
• Be a virtual role model
• Celebrate engineers and their contributions
• Share Chats with Change Makers This exciting new interview series aimed at engaging middle school students in engineering. Hosted by Tiffany, a 10th grader from Austin, Texas, and a Future City alum, she’ll be chatting the 3rd Friday of every month with different engineers and technicians. At the end of each chat, that session’s guest will challenge viewers to try out a new DiscoverE engineering activity.

Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day®

Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day (Girl Day) helps focus a growing movement to inspire girls’ futures so they learn they have a place in engineering a better world. In just one day you can make a difference by sharing your knowledge, experience, and some fun! Give girls the chance to think like an engineer and you’ll be amazed at what you learn!
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March 4, 2021

An international day with celebrations across the world is an opportunity to increase the profile of engineering. The Day is also an opportunity to engage with government and industry to address the need for engineering capacity and the quality of engineers around the world and develop strategic frameworks and best practices for the implementation of engineering solutions for sustainable development. The celebration of World Engineering Day is also about promoting engineering as a career and how it is an opportunity to change the world for better.
Learn more here and here.

Future City Competition®

Due to COVID-19, Future City transitioned this year’s program into a virtual format to offer impactful volunteer opportunities you can do from the comfort of your home or office.

Future City asks middle-school students to imagine, design, and build cities of the future. After four months of designing a virtual city (using SimCity), researching, designing, and writing up their solution to a city-wide issue and building a scale model of their city, teams will present their vision to a panel of judges. After the competition is over, student participants are not only prepared to be citizens of today’s complex and technical world, they are poised to become the drivers of tomorrow.
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Looking for a way to make engineering come to life in your classroom? DiscoverE has a searchable library of free engineering and technology videos, hands-on activities.

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