Posted on April 30th, 2018 by Mary Lord
Leah Xiao-Chan O’Keefe wanted a “big kid” bike but she couldn’t shift gears or brake safely because her fingers did not extend past the first knuckle. An Ohio State University mechanical engineering professor heard Leah’s story and put two of his graduate students, both avid cyclists, on the case.
Read More
Filed under: K-12 Outreach Programs, Special Features | Comments Off on A Bike For Leah
Tags: adaptive technologies, bicycle, Design, disability, engineering technology, Ohio State University, service learning
Posted on March 15th, 2018 by Mary Lord
Couldn’t make it to ASEE’s Engineering Day at the 2017 National Science Teachers Association regional conferences or annual STEM Forum? Check out these hands-on highlights – and join us at the NSTA STEM Forum in Philadelphia July 11-13, 2018!
Read More
Filed under: K-12 Outreach Programs, Special Features, Web Resources | Comments Off on ASEE Engineering Day Highlights
Tags: American Society for Engineering Education K-12, ASEE, assessment design, Class Activities, Design, Energy, force and motion, Harpeth Hall School, Liesl Hotaling, NGSS, NSTA, penguins, polar ice, polar research, Resources for Teachers, sensors, STEM education, STEM NOLA, Web Resources
Posted on February 6th, 2018 by Mary Lord
Curling, that icy version of shuffleboard, is the Henny Youngman of Olympic sports: It gets no respect. But technology has touched even this unique pursuit, in the form of an engineered “SmartBroom” that is changing how athletes train and play.
Read More
Filed under: Special Features | Comments Off on Smart Broom Sweeps Curling
Tags: 2018 winter Olympics, curling, Design, sensors, SmartBroom, Sports Engineering, sports equipment
Posted on December 13th, 2017 by Mary Lord
Like engineers in Santa’s workshop, Ohio State University students and faculty are working with families in a unique Toy Adaptation Program to “hack” popular electronic toys so that children with special needs can enjoy them.
Read More
Filed under: K-12 Outreach Programs, Special Features | Comments Off on Hack This Toy!
Tags: adaptive technologies, Design, Ohio State Toy Adaptation program, special needs children, students with disabilities, toy engineering, Workshops
Posted on September 29th, 2017 by Mary Lord
Elementary students act as civil engineers to design and build a house that the big, bad wolf cannot blow down. If time allows, they can redesign and test their structures.
Read More
Filed under: Class Activities, Grades K-5 | Comments Off on Three Little Pigs Design Challenge
Tags: Civil Engineering, Class Activities, Design, design challenge, ELA, Engineering Design Process, forces, Grades K-5, literacy, materials, NGSS, structures, three little pigs, wind
Posted on September 22nd, 2017 by Mary Lord
Working in groups of 8, middle school students use their senses to describe and predict the weather, then act as state park engineers and design/build “backyard weather stations” to gather data to make actual weather forecasts.
Read More
Filed under: Class Activities, Grades 6-8, Grades 6-8, Lesson Plans | Comments Off on Backyard Weather Station
Tags: air mass, Class Activities, clouds, cold front, data, Design, Earth Science, Environmental science, forecast, Grades 6-8, hurricane, Lesson Plan, measurement, Meteorology, NGSS, thermometer, Weather, weather station
Posted on July 19th, 2017 by Mary Lord
TeachEngineering, a searchable online library of more than 1,400 teacher-tested activities and lessons developed for use in STEM classrooms, just got a makeover. Improvements include videos, Maker challenges, alignment with Common Core math and Next Generation science standards, and “Sprinkles” – abbreviated versions of popular activities designed for use in after-school programs.
Read More
Filed under: Web Resources | Comments Off on TeachEngineering Adds Video, Maker Challenges
Tags: afterschool activities, Class Activities, Common Core mathematics, Design, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Grades K-5, hands-on activities, Internet Resources, Lesson Plan, maker challenges, Next Generation Science Standards, Resources for Teachers, searchable STEM library, standards, teachengineering, Videos, Web Resources
Posted on July 3rd, 2017 by Mary Lord
Working in groups of three, middle school students learn about types of forces, the relationship between form and function, and the structure of the hand by working as biomedical engineers to design, build, and test their own hand “gripper” prototypes that can grasp and lift a 200 ml cup of sand.
Read More
Filed under: Class Activities, Grades 6-8, Grades 6-8, Lesson Plans | Comments Off on Lend A Hand: Teaching Forces
Tags: adaptive device, anatomy, assistive technology, Biomedical Engineering, Class Activities, Design, disability, forces, Grades 6-8, hand, Lesson Plan, prosthetic
Posted on May 4th, 2017 by axb
The Lemelson-MIT Program is currently accepting applications for 2014 InvenTeams, which are teams of high school students, educators, and mentors that receive grants up to $10,000 each to invent technological solutions to real-world problems. The InvenTeam initiative is designed to excite high school students about invention, empower students through problem solving, and encourage an inventive culture in schools and communities.
Read More
Filed under: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, K-12 Outreach Programs, Special Features | Comments Off on Lemelson-MIT JVInvenTeams & PD
Tags: Competitions for Students, creativity, Design, InventTeams, Lemelson, MIT, Professional Development, Scholarships and Fellowships, student inventors, Summer Camps & Programs (Students), Summer Programs (Students)
