Posted on November 29th, 2010 by ASEE
Families and educators are encouraged to join their students at UT for an afternoon of engineering fun. Girl Day gives 1st through 8th grade students a chance to have fun doing grade-specific, hands-on engineering activities; meet students, professors and engineers from industry; and see what it’s like to be an engineer. Date: Feb. 26, 2011.
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Tags: Events, Family events, Grades 6-8, Grades K-5, Programs for Girls, Women in Engineering
Posted on November 21st, 2010 by ASEE
In this lesson, students in grades 4-12 learn about the history of catapults and how they work. They assemble their own catapult model, making adjustments to improve its performance. Students gain engineering experience while learning principles of physics and working with the scientific processes of experimentation and trial and error.
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Tags: catapult, Class Activities, Engineering in History, forces and motion, Grades 5-12, Grades 6-8, Lesson Plan, Mathematics, Newton's Laws, Physical Science
Posted on November 16th, 2010 by ASEE
This lesson teaches students in grades 5-8 about projectile motion through a hands-on activity, an online video from “Science of NFL Football,” and a computer simulation project.
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Tags: Class Activities, Football, forces and motion, grades 5-8, Grades 6-8, Internet Resources, NFL Football Lesson, Physics, Science, Sports Engineering, trajectory, vectors
Posted on October 18th, 2010 by ASEE
Semiconductor manufacturer Broadcom will spend $6 million over six years to fund a new STEM competition, the Broadcom MASTERS, focusing on 6th, 7th, and 8th-graders. In its first year, Broadcom expects 7,500 students from 350 science fairs across the country will be nominated for the contest.
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Tags: Competitions for Students, Corporations, Grades 6-8, Science Fair Projects
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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Tags: Family events, Grade 2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Weekend programs
Posted on September 3rd, 2010 by ASEE
Purdue University’s “Innovation 2 Reality” (I2R) features three FREE 5-week after-school programs for 6th-8th grade students in Fall 2010 and Spring 2011 focused on the themes: Engineering and Our Changing Climate (Oct. 17 – Nov. 10), Edible Engineering (Jan. 13 – Feb. 10), and The Energy Game (Feb. 8-March 8 ) The programs offer a combination of faculty guest speakers, lab tours and hands-on engineering activities.
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Tags: After School, Agricultural Engineering, Climate Change, Energy, Energy and Environmental Technology, Food Industry, Grades 6-8
Posted on June 29th, 2010 by ASEE
Sponsored by The Society of Women Engineers, Wow! That’s Engineering! is an day-long event on August 7, 2010 for girls in grades 6-8 to experience the creativity and innovation of engineering and technology with fun hands-on activities. Come meet women engineers, scientist, and technologist and hear first-hand about their exciting careers. Location: University of San Diego, 5998 Alcalá Park, San Diego, CA 92110. No new San Diego Event; March Boston event is full.
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Tags: Grades 6-8, Programs for Girls, Summer Camps & Programs (Students), Summer Programs (Students)
Posted on June 23rd, 2010 by ASEE
At COSI’s Girls Discover…Engineering! program on Saturday, October 16, 2010 , girls will meet mentors from the Ohio State University’s Women in Engineering program; solve a Design Challenge; and take part in hands-on workshops led by women engineers. It’s day of teamwork that can lead to a lifetime of inspiration. Location: COSI, 333 West Broad Street, Columbus OH 43215. Eligibility: Girls in grades 6-8. Cost: $40.
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Tags: Girls Education, Grades 6-8, Programs for Girls, Weekend programs, Women in Engineering
Posted on May 27th, 2010 by Jaimie Schock
NASA is launching a new robotic mission to Jupiter in 2011. Classrooms are invited to join NASA/JPL engineer Tracy Drain as she discusses why NASA is sending the Juno spacecraft to Jupiter, how it will get there, and what it will study. The conversation will be geared to students in grades 6 through 8. The live web chat on June 3, 2010, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern/10 a.m. Pacific, can be watched online.
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Tags: Aeronautics, Aerospace, Grades 6-8, Live Web Chat, NASA
