Posted on December 29th, 2020 by Mary Lord
The Association for Career & Technical Education and NASA HUNCH’s annual student video challenge is open to students in elementary, middle, and high school enrolled in a CTE or project-based course or program. This year’s theme: Advancing Space Exploration through Manufacturing. Submit videos by April 1, 2021.
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Posted on April 30th, 2018 by Mary Lord
Students in grades 9 and 10 are introduced to the biomechanical characteristics of helmets and challenged to incorporate them into helmet designs. They come to understand the role of engineering associated with safety products – in this case protecting the brain and neck of a bicyclist in the event of a crash, with the design dependent on the user’s needs and specifications.
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Tags: bicycle, bicycle helmet, Class Activities, EcoHelmet, Engineering Design Process, force and motion, Grades 9-12, Lesson Plan, Materials Engineering, NHTSA, Physics, Safety engineering, Sports, video
Posted on September 12th, 2015 by Mary Lord
Anywhere, anytime STEM professional development. That’s the idea behind The Smithsonian Science Education Center’s new web series, Good Thinking! The Science of Teaching Science, whose free animated videos identify common misconceptions, explore the science of how humans learn, and provide instructional techniques for effectively conveying scientific principles.
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Posted on March 19th, 2015 by Mary Lord
The STEM Voiceâ„¢ Video Competition asks kids in grades 5-12 to create videos that show the importance of science, technology, engineering, and math. They can act in it, create an animation, sing – the video just has to be appropriate for all viewers. Two grand prize winners will receive $1,000 in cash awards. The submission deadline is April 17, 2015.
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Posted on December 24th, 2014 by Mary Lord
Submit a short video about how achieving one or more of the National Academy of Engineering’s “Grand Challenges” would lead to a more sustainable, healthy, secure, and/or joyous world and win up to $25,000. Submissions due by March 2, 2015.
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Tags: Competitions for Students, Contest, Grand Challenges, National Academy of Engineering, video, Videos
Posted on November 25th, 2013 by Mary Lord
The Kavli “Science In Fiction” contest asks middle and high school students to create short videos explaining how current or developing technologies could turn interplanetary travel, cyborgs or other science fiction concepts into reality. Entry period runs from Nov. 1, 2013 to March 21, 2014.
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Posted on December 11th, 2012 by Mary Lord
Benjy Miegs, a snow sculptor and student at Dartmouth College’s Thayer School of Engineering, explains snow sculpting in this cool video.
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Posted on October 1st, 2012 by ASEE
Ainissa Ramirez, associate professor of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science at Yale, explains the wonders of her ever-expanding field in a series of YouTube videos. In the latest, she describes how a layer of carbon that is one atom thick, called graphene, will revolutionize our lives.
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Posted on May 4th, 2012 by Mary Lord
Khan Academy’s YouTube math tutorials may not be Academy Award quality, but their academic merit is clear from their popularity with students and teachers. Now, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and TED are adding to the K-12 STEM video playlist.
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Tags: Khan Academy, MIT, online STEM learning, Resources for Teachers, STEM education, STEM videos, Teacher Resources, Technology for Learning, TED, Ted-Ed, video, Web Resources, YouTube