Posted on October 19th, 2010 by ASEE
The Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy is a one-week all-expense-paid intensive professional development program in the summer for third- through fifth-grade teachers. The Academy offers a five-day program designed to provide third- through fifth-grade teachers with the knowledge and skills necessary to motivate students to pursue careers in science and math. DEADLINE PASSED
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Filed under: For Teachers, K-12 Outreach Programs | 1 Comment »
Tags: Competitions for Teachers, Corporations, Grades 3-5, National Science Teachers Association, Outreach, Professional Development, Summer Programs (Teachers)
Posted on September 11th, 2010 by ASEE
Engineering Saturdays at the University of Texas, Arlington is an outreach program that showcases hands-on engineering fun and provides flexibility for a family with different ages to all find interesting things to do. Students in grades 2-12 are invited to join on: Sept. 18; Nov. 20; Apr. 16, 2011.
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Filed under: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Grades K-5, K-12 Outreach Programs | Comments Off on Event: Engineering Saturdays at UT Arlington, Grades 2-12.
Tags: Family events, Grade 2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Weekend programs
Posted on May 3rd, 2010 by ASEE
Using a plasma ball or lightning globe, students in grades 3-5 test various objects to see if they pull the electric current generated by the globe to them. Students then explore how the globe excited electrons inside the fluorescent bulbs to make them light.
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Tags: Class Activities, Curriculum, Grades 3-5, Lesson Plan, Plasma Physics
Posted on April 19th, 2010 by Jaimie Schock
In this activity, students in grades 3-5 collect, categorize, weigh and analyze classroom solid waste. The class collects waste for a week, and then student groups spend a day sorting and analyzing the garbage with respect to recyclable and non-recyclable items. Students will discuss ways that engineers have helped to reduce solid waste.
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Filed under: Grades K-5, Lesson Plans | 1 Comment »
Tags: Environmental Engineering, Environmental science, Grades 3-5, Lesson Plan, Recycling, Waste management
Posted on December 15th, 2009 by ASEE
The Siemens Foundation Science Day Website features videos and hands-on activities for students in grades 4 through 6 to “help reinvent the science class.” The activities promise new, original experiments with intuitive directions, materials lists, and home extensions.
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Tags: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Lesson Plans, Science
Posted on December 14th, 2009 by ASEE
As classes wind down (or up!) for the holidays, here’s a fun activity to get students thinking about engineering. It a game families can enjoy, too. Print and distribute copies of this pdf puzzler, then see how many words students can locate within 10-15 minutes.
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Tags: Class Activities, Fun & Games, Grades 3-5
Posted on April 15th, 2008 by ASEE
In this scenario-based activity, students design ways to either clean a water source or find a new water source, depending on given hypothetical family scenarios. They act as engineers to draw and write about what they could do to provide water to a community facing a water crisis. They learn basic steps of the engineering design process.
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Filed under: Grades K-5, Lesson Plans | 1 Comment »
Tags: Clean Water, Grades 3-5, Water management
