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Engineering – making 'things' that work and making 'things' work better

. rss e4k . educators lessons activities . mooc . tskids - resources programs diy toolshare

2024.1.4 plan . content target educators . need? survey interview . sample lesson demo . fetc feec vcs

5 keys . 1. Always Be Building the Foundation ASK . 3. Seek Out Inspiration IMAGINE . 2. Allow Them to Build Freely CREATE . 4. Go for Fast Results, and Then Get in Over Your Heads IMPROVE . 5. Share Your Work SHARE

building blocks for learning . Learn - notes, reading, discussion about concepts . Explore . Apply . Evaluate

2024.1 http://engineering4kids.org/ . lessons resources . toolshare . that's engineering . teaching

The key to engaging kids in engineering projects is to start simple to keep them from getting bored or discouraged, choose projects with a big Wow factor to capture their imaginations, and to be directly involved as a parent or teacher to provide guided learning and keep them focused. --Teach Kids Engineering

2023.4 . activities projects todo - gr3-8 . that's engineering k-8 engineering - explore observe questions imagine plan explain research test . engineering design process . news newsletters . educators - teaching lessons resources . big ideas - built designed engineered . little kids e3 - littles up to k-2 . w4kids writing 4 kids . plastic textile water . people

. xx create build make improve inspect evaluate energy elaborate measure ask makeit maker

making things / making things better ?


ELC engineering learning cycle model empathy engage explore1 explain explare2 elaborate

2023.4 e4k > lists, resources, comments

. That's Engineering - more general than teaching k-8 engineering . rework as necessary . publish

. WOW diigo links vt wikieducator . life skills critical thinking asking questions problem solving collaboration cooperation negotiation leadership = engineering

? age / grade level ? parents teachers

review sites / activities / books . lets do engineering . imagination soup books

2022.12.26 . overview . outline . background . introduction


outline

life skills critical thinking asking questions problem solving collaboration cooperation negotiation leadership = engineering

Explore – Find out more. – Who needs help and why? – Explore ideas and materials. . asking questions curiosity . examples stories


Create – Try your ideas. – Test your creation – how well does it work? . critical thinking . problem solving leadership creativity . examples stories


Improve – How can you make it better? – Remember to keep trying – it often takes engineers many tries to get something right. . collaboration negotiation life skills . examples stories


Background

  • curiosity, questions, discovery, wonder
  • critical thinking, problem / inquiry based learning ? stuff and how it came to be
  • benefiting society - The Tech Awards, Engineers Without Borders * Engineering challenges - starting point * 100 innovations - list, why these


  • what is engineering - applied science
  • STEAM, STEM, Art and K-8
  • Art - design, creativity, contribution to engineering
  • Applied - what for who to ...
  • engineering is everywhere
  • Who cares? why?
  • traditional engineering education - curriculum, foundation * Olin - more relevant
  • K-8 teaching and learning
  • NASA - engineering and science
  • smartphone - there's an app for that. teaching, learning, media, consume, curate, create
  • lights, camera, action - light, waves, sensors, illumination, recording
  • 21st century skills, lifelong learning, digital / learning literacy
  • engineered goods and services - relevance - engineering 4 kids (e4k)
  • arts and sciences - opportunities for museums - MOAS, The Tech Museum, Boston Museum of Science Engineering Everywhere
  • organizations, outreach - SWE WOW That's Engineering, Introducing Girls to Engineering Workshop (IGEW), college engineering - Embry Riddle, professional organizations - GE Volunteers, NASA KSC, ARC Aerospace Encounter
  • engineering basics - concepts, simple machines, circuits, vocabulary, measurement - Apollo 13 28/60 > x
  • tools
  • engineering curriculum, resources - Project Lead The Way (PLTW)
  • competition - US FIRST


e4k

write everyday - something about engineering

  • swe next * e4k * k-8

for teachers - ideas for including something about engineering everyday

  • short - less than 5 minutes, little or no prep
  • fits into other subjects, lessons
  • observation, curiosity, exploration, discovery
  • what for who
  • The Way Things Work
  • projects - hands-on, look it up


artifactory

  • artifact / engineering / link > e4k / next * words * quiz 3 questions * activities
  • map - science math topics : stuff
  • http://wonderopolis.org/

Energy - thermal / heat

Geothermal energy

Energy - solar

Energy - internal

Heat transfer


Balloon animals

Kite


2017.1 - information for kids grades 5-8 * previous focus on teaching engineering

Younger kids - balloon animals

Now thinking about something for younger kids and their parents, teachers, ... Start with a thing.

Wonderopolis has some good information, just not engineering focus but looks like these can be remixed


balloon animals


Thing could be something in nature - bird's wing, grasshopper leg with only known naturally occurring ratchet


Great engineering stories - video of young women engineer who describes the computation for the heroine's hair animation in the animated movie Brave.


getting started, background thinking

  • Just do it - interesting things that serve as example for all the basic concepts of engineering. Pick something, examine it for some engineering concepts, vocabulary and look at some related applications, especially those that are imaginative and / or elegant. http://engineering4kids.wikispaces.com 800+ entries. Design Process Reference? Discovery? - to connect objects with the "engineering" that goes into identifying needs and making an object or process to address that need.