Posted on February 1st, 2010 by Jaimie Schock
Getting middle school students to spend a precious Saturday morning back in school—studying STEM topics, no less—may sound like an exercise in frustration. But, a program developed by the Salisbury, Maryland school district is having great success doing exactly that.
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Tags: After School, Computer Programming, Grades 6-8, Programs for Students, Science
Posted on January 28th, 2010 by ASEE
Science News for Kids is a web site devoted to science news for children of ages 9 to 14, offering timely items of interest, accompanied by suggestions for hands-on activities, books, articles, Web resources, and other useful materials.
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Tags: Articles, Grades 6-8, Science Fair Projects, Web Resources
Posted on January 25th, 2010 by ASEE
Five downloadable articles on earthquakes are available from The American Museum of Natural History, including accounts by middle and high school students, a explanatory piece titled “Forecasting Earthquakes Using Paleoseismology,” and a profile of Inge Lehmann, the female Danish seismologist whose 1920s investigations led to greater understanding of the Earth’s inner core.
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Tags: Earthquake materials, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Museums, Seismology, Web Resources, Women in Science
Posted on January 19th, 2010 by ASEE
SAFE-Net, a Cyber Safety Awareness program of the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, focuses on raising the awareness of students, parents, and educators about cyber threats, measures of protection, and cyber ethics. The website provides materials about cyber security issues, with lessons geared to grades 1-3, 4-6, and 7-12.
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Tags: Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Grades K-5, Parents, Technology for Learning
Posted on January 19th, 2010 by ASEE
Cybersmart! provides free online curriculum for grades K-12 addressing issues of Web safety and ethics: Safety and Security Online; Cyberbullying and Ethics; Authentic Learning and Creativity; Research and Information Fluency; Twenty-First Century Challenges.
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Tags: Computer Engineering, Courses, Cybersecurity, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Grades K-5, Teacher Training, Technology for Learning
Posted on January 11th, 2010 by ASEE
The Think Green website engages students in learning about the environment. Materials include teacher and student pages, with standards-based lesson plans, hands-on classroom activities, and at-home extensions, as well as video clips and printable posters.
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Tags: Environmental Engineering, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Grades K-5, Recycling, Waste management
Posted on January 9th, 2010 by ASEE
The West Point Bridge Design Contest aims to provide middle school and high school students with a realistic, engaging introduction to engineering. The contest is provided as a service to education–and as a tribute to the Academy’s two hundred years of service to the United States of America. Contest registration opens January 28, 2010, with first qualifying round closing March 5, 2010.
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Tags: Bridge building, Bridge Design, Civil Engineering, Contest, Design, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12
Posted on January 6th, 2010 by ASEE
Over 500 students grades K-6 from 500 Suffolk County, NY, schools take part every year in Brookhaven National Laboratory’s Elementary School Science Fair. Projects include charts, experiments, demos, diagrams, and collections with a scientific objective. Registration deadline: April 16, 2010. Fair date: Sat., May 1, 2010.
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Posted on January 4th, 2010 by Jaimie Schock
This lesson explores how civil engineering has solved the challenge of moving water through irrigation. Students work in teams to design and build their own model irrigation system out of everyday items. They test their systems, evaluate their results, and present their findings to the class.
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Tags: Agricultural, Grades 6-8, Lesson Plans, Water management
