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Engineers Week Feb. 18-24

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This week, February 18-24, 2024, is DiscoverE’s Engineers Week. Their tagline: “A week-long event, a year-long commitment” Do you wonder why anyone would be passionate about engineering? million engineering jobs that pay $42 per hour in median. Since 2007, the number of engineering grads nationwide has shot up 33%.

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Exploring the Engineering Design Process for Kids

Accelerate Learning

Introducing the Engineering Design Process for kids can sound like an intimidating concept. In your older students, it can break down complex challenges into more manageable steps and empower them to think like engineers, even innovators. This is true project-based learning.

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Engineering in Elementary School

Accelerate Learning

Integrating engineering concepts into elementary education is a crucial topic in this day and age. It's about preparing students for a future where technology and engineering are central. Exposure to engineering concepts at a young age boosts STEM learning and builds a problem-solving mindset, which is key for tomorrow's innovators.

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Teach Engineering: Engineering projects for kids

Accelerate Learning

Children are natural engineers who are curious, inventive, and ready to create things out of the most unexpected materials!

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Downloadable Design Briefs for an Integrative STEM Curriculum

ITEEA’s Integrative STEM curriculum, Engineering byDesign, includes many more standards driven hands-on activities just like these! These easy-to-use design briefs outline student objectives, challenges, and materials needed to complete each 30-minute to 4-hour lesson.

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Top Engineering Internships

Career in STEM

In this third blog post in our series (also check out Top Science Internships and Top Technology Internships ), we will take a look at the top engineering internships in the USA. These programs are ideal for students who want to work in engineering fields such as civil engineering, mechanical engineering, or electrical engineering: 1.

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Unilever Opportunity: Product Design & Development Engineer Apprentice

All About STEM

Location: Unilever UK Ltd, Port Sunlight, Wirral Closing Date: 1 April 2024 Unilever is looking for a Product Design & Development Engineer Apprentice to complete a Level 6 degree apprenticeship to join their Beauty & Wellbeing (B&W) team.