Posted on April 18th, 2022 by Mary Lord
Students in grades 3-5 brainstorm ideas for board game formats. They then work in teams to design, create, and test games in which players must think of alternative uses (recycling) for used products.
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Tags: Class Activities, Curriculum, Engineering Design, Environmental Engineering, game, Grades K-5, Lesson Plan, Recycling, systainability
Posted on June 14th, 2021 by Mary Lord
Students in grades 3 to 5 learn about basic principles of engineering through a series of 12 hands-on activities and lessons related to the Olympics and sports, including designing venues and protective gear.
Photo by Rede do Esporte, CC BY 3.0 br, Link
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Tags: Class Activities, Engineering Design Process, forces and motion, Grades K-5, Lesson Plans, Olympics, Sports
Posted on May 21st, 2021 by Mary Lord
Students in grades 5 to 7 learn about how muscles work and follow the engineering design process to create their own biomedical device to aid in the recovery of a strained bicep. They discover the importance of rest to muscle recovery and that muscles (just like engineers!) work together to achieve a common goal.
Image from NASA Jet Propulsion Lab
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Tags: anatomy, biceps, biomechanical engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Class Activities, Grades 6-8, Grades K-5, Human Body, Lesson Plan, muscles
Posted on February 14th, 2021 by Mary Lord
Broadway tech, robotics, and racecar engineering are among dozens of engaging, interactive sessions being presented at Awesome Girls: National Girl Scout STEM Festival, a free virtual showcase for K-12 girls – including non-Girl Scouts – and their families. Register by April 9 for the Saturday, April 17 event.
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Tags: AT&T, Awesome Girls: National Girl Scout STEM Festival, Broadway STEM, Class Activities, Competitions for Students, Education Policy, Events, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Grades K-5, hands-on activities, STEM education
Posted on January 21st, 2021 by Mary Lord
Like NASA engineering teams, students learn about and then follow the steps of the engineering design process to design and build original model devices to help astronauts eat in a microgravity environment—their own creative devices for food storage and meal preparation.
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Tags: astronauts, Class Activities, Engineering Design, Engineering Design Process, Grades K-5, International Space Station, Living in Space, microgravity, NASA, space food, teachengineering
Posted on June 19th, 2020 by Mary Lord
To support parents everywhere and provide access to hands-on STEM activities, the American Society for Engineering Education’s P-12 Commission is offering online summer camps for students in grades K-8. Check out these and other virtual summer STEM programs!
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Tags: ASEE P-12 Commission, California Science Center, Class Activities, Engineering Design, Events, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Grades K-5, Internet Resources, NC State The Engineering Place, Stanford University Math Camp, STEM education, Summer Camps & Programs (Students), virtual summer STEM camps 2020, Web Resources, Worcester Polytechnic Institute summer camps
Posted on March 4th, 2020 by Mary Lord
Elementary students discover the entire process that goes into designing rockets, including what real-world decisions engineers must make in such important areas as supplies, ethics, deadlines, and budgets. They also learn about the engineering design process and that the first design is almost never the final design.
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Tags: aeronautical engineering, Class Activities, constraints, earth and space, engineering design proces, Grades K-5, Physical Science, rockets, trade-offs
Posted on October 21st, 2019 by ASEE
This simple catapult activity for students in grades 4 – 8 teaches them how energy is transferred when a plastic spoon is pulled back, then released, rocketing its payload — a single marshmallow.
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Tags: catapult, Class Activities, Energy, forces and motion, Fun & Games, Grades 4 - 8, Grades K-5, Newton's Laws, NGSS, Physical Science, Physics, trebuchet
Posted on September 27th, 2019 by Mary Lord
To help teachers and students as young as six explore the rewarding fields of computer science and engineering, eGFI has compiled this list of activities, free online courses, computer animations, and other resources.
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Tags: apps, Class Activities, code.org, Computer Engineering, Computer Programming, Computer Science, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Grades K-5, Internet Resources, Khan Academy, Lesson Plans, MIT, Resources for Teachers, software engineering, Web Resources
