Posted on January 26th, 2018 by Mary Lord
From 360-degree cameras to “green” stadiums, the Super Bowl offers plenty of engineering to cheer about. This eGFI roster of hands-on design activities, videos, and other resources will help your students learn forces, motion, and other gridiron-related STEM concepts.
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Tags: Class Activities, concussion, Curriculum, Football, forces, helmets, inertia, Internet Resources, motion, Resources for Teachers, Safety engineering, Sports Engineering, STEM education, Super Bowl, torque
Posted on January 5th, 2018 by Mary Lord
Introduce a girl to engineering. Make slime and other cool stuff. Visit a local engineering school. National Engineers Week kicks off on Feb. 18 2018 and this year’s theme – Engineers: Inspiring Wonder – offers an opportunity to learn about how engineers make a difference in our world. How will you celebrate?!
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Tags: Civil Engineering, Class Activities, DiscoverE, Engineering is Elementary, Engineers Week, Environmental Engineering, Internet Resources, Resources for Teachers, STEM education, Web Resources
Posted on January 5th, 2018 by Mary Lord
High school students design and build wind chimes using their knowledge of physics and sound waves, and under such constraints as weight, cost, and the number of musical notes their chimes must generate. They make mathematical computations to determine the pipe lengths. Links to similar activities for younger students included in activity scaling section.
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Tags: career technical education, chimes, Class Activities, Engineering Design Process, frequency, Grades 9-12, Lesson Plan, Mathematics, Physics, sound, STEAM, wave length, wind chimes
Posted on December 13th, 2017 by Mary Lord
Students in grades 6 to 9 learn about biomedical engineering and the human sensory system, then follow the engineering design process to create sensory-integration toys for youngsters with developmental disabilities.
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Tags: adaptive technology, Biomedical Engineering, Class Activities, Engineering Design, Grades 6-8, Lesson Plan, sensory integration toys, special needs students, toy adaptation
Posted on December 10th, 2017 by Mary Lord
“It started out as a beautiful day, but in a disaster, anything can happen at any time…” So begins Extreme Event, a free, hour-long role-playing game from the National Academy of Sciences’ Marian Koshland Science Museum. The game is latest addition to teacher resources designed to help students and communities use science to address climate change, health, and other problems.
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Tags: chlimate change, Class Activities, Environmental Engineering, Environmental science, game, Health, Internet Resources, Koshland Science Museum, National Academies of Sciences, natural disasters, Public Policy, Resources for Teachers, role playing, Web Resources
Posted on December 6th, 2017 by Mary Lord
Can you muffle the sound of a jingle bell using a variety of Christmas-themed items? Explore your sense of hearing – and learn about the 1965 astronauts who played Jingle Bells in space – in this simple activity designed for preK-5 students.
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Tags: astronauts, Class Activities, design challenge, Grades K-5, jingle bells, Tom Stafford, Wally Schirra
Posted on November 15th, 2017 by Mary Lord
Want to inspire your students? Join millions in celebrating Computer Science Education Week – and computer pioneer Grace Hopper’s birthday – from December 4 to 10 this year by hosting an Hour of Code or other fun activity.
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Tags: Class Activities, coding, Computer Science, Computer Science Education Week 2017, hour of code, Internet Resources, programming, Resources for Teachers, Web Resources
Posted on November 14th, 2017 by Mary Lord
In this lesson on using mathematical modeling to solve real-world problems, middle and high school students work in teams to build a graph/model of their city map, then try to solve a real problem based on the model. They evaluate their solutions and present their reflections to the class.
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Tags: algorithm, Class Activities, Computer Science, Euler, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, graph theory, Lesson Plan, mathematical modeling, Mathematics, network science, NGSS, programming, Seven Bridges of Konigsburg, traveling salesman problem
Posted on October 4th, 2017 by Mary Lord
Students follow the engineering design process to design and build a usable device to propel school T-shirts up into the stands during home sporting events while keeping costs under budget.
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Tags: catapult, cheerleaders, Class Activities, Engineering Design Process, forces, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Lesson Plan, maker challenges, motion, Physics, Sports, T-shirt cannon, teachengineering, tools
