Posted on July 9th, 2019 by Mary Lord
A White House directive has NASA recalculating the route toward human exploration of the solar system, starting with returning humans to the Moon.
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Filed under: Special Features | Comments Off on Moonstruck
Tags: Aerospace, ASEE Prism magazine, manned missions, Mars, Mining, Moon, NASA, Public Policy, space exploration, spacecraft, Thomas K. Grose, Videos
Posted on September 27th, 2017 by Mary Lord
Hurricanes, earthquakes, and other destructive events offer timely “teachable moments” about the role of engineers in improving weather forecasts and reducing the toll from natural disasters. eGFI Teachers’s collection of activities, feature articles, and other resources can help you integrate engineering into your classes – and inspire the next generation of “crisis” engineers.
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Filed under: Class Activities, Grades 6-8, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Grades 9-12, Grades K-5, Grades K-5, Lesson Plans, Special Features | Comments Off on Disaster Engineering
Tags: Army Corps of Engineers, build, building, Class Activities, data, Disaster relief, drought, Engineering, Environmental Engineering, erosion, forces, hurricane, Hurricane Maria, measure, Mining, motion, National Guard, natural disasters, Physics, rescue, storm, Structural Engineering, Teacher Resources, Technology, tornado, Weather, Web Resources
Posted on November 6th, 2011 by Mary Lord
In this game, teams of students in grades 3 – 8 are introduced to the economics and environmental constraints of mining by extracting “ore” (chocolate chips) from purchased “property” (cookies). They will learn that mining requires investment before resources can be extracted, and that there are costs associated with permits, environmental monitoring, and reclamation.
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Filed under: Class Activities, Grades 6-8, Grades 6-8, Grades K-5, Grades K-5, Lesson Plans | Comments Off on Lesson: Cookie Mining
Tags: cookies, earth sciences, minerals, Mining, mining engineering, ore, reclamation, women in mining