Teach Engineering: Engineering projects for kids
Accelerate Learning
MAY 22, 2023
Children are natural engineers who are curious, inventive, and ready to create things out of the most unexpected materials!
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Accelerate Learning
MAY 22, 2023
Children are natural engineers who are curious, inventive, and ready to create things out of the most unexpected materials!
Accelerate Learning
MARCH 22, 2024
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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ED Surge
JANUARY 19, 2023
This course was meant for anyone interested in becoming a future software engineer or data scientist, not someone who is already one.” But even as some educators raise concerns, others see potential for new AI technology to reduce teacher workloads or help bring teaching materials to life in new ways. Chocolate-Covered Broccoli’?
Accelerate Learning
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
The goal of modern education is crystal clear: to ignite students' passion for learning and sustain their interest in expanding knowledge. This is especially true for STEM, where interest can lead to successful and lucrative careers centered around a passion.
Teach Science for All
DECEMBER 21, 2023
National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) just released their latest FREE report titled Rise and Thrive with Science: Teaching PreK-5 Science and Engineering. I haven’t dug into this much yet so I’ll have more to say later.
Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 7, 2021
Financial Literacy Month is recognized annually in Canada in November, [1] and National Financial Literacy Month was recognized in the United States in April 2004, [2] in an effort to highlight the importance of financial literacy and teach citizens how to establish and maintain healthy financial habits. Some are narrative; others games.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JANUARY 23, 2023
Here are a few of the popular resources teachers are using to teach about them: Build a car–abcya Design your very own vehicle with ABCya’s Create a Car! Customize your vehicle with different wheels, engines, and more. Do your first graders love vehicles? Choose from cars, trucks, buses, and even construction vehicles. Enjoy the ride!
ED Surge
APRIL 5, 2022
She even has a book she co-authored on the topic, called “Uncommonsense teaching: Practical Insights In Brain Science to Help Students Learn.” For this week’s EdSurge Podcast, we talk with Oakley about why she thinks inclusive teaching means understanding the variety of learning speeds and styles of students.
Ask a Tech Teacher
FEBRUARY 14, 2019
Next week, February 17-23, 2019, 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. What is Engineers Week? has approximately 1.6
ED Surge
JANUARY 17, 2023
That call started the years-long process of reworking how the university’s life sciences department teaches math. The old ways of teaching seemed to leave students without an understanding of the importance of math for their chosen field. And the University of Arizona, Tucson, another public school, now teaches a version of LS 30.
Cool Cat Teacher
AUGUST 17, 2023
Teaching About AI Art 1. I adapted their first Introduction to AI slide deck to incorporate Quick Draw and teach of data sets. The post Teaching About Generative AI Art Creation appeared first on Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher helping educators be excellent every day.
Ask a Tech Teacher
MAY 13, 2021
I get a lot of interest from high school teachers about teaching databases. There are simple ways to teach these in an introductory format for youngers, but by HS, kids should be learning methods that prepare them for college and career. One of our Ask a Tech Teacher contributors explains… Is It Worth Teaching School Kids SQL?
Ask a Tech Teacher
OCTOBER 14, 2020
Here’s a great overview from an Ask a Tech Teacher contributor of what one of those fields–working with the powerful algorithms that drive search and research–is about: What are search engine algorithms? However, for a website to fulfil its potential, it must satisfy the needs of search engine algorithms. Conclusion.
Ask a Tech Teacher
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
This one is teaching architecture to youngers: Lesson Plan: Three projects over six weeks and your students will learn about blueprints, room layout, dimensions, and more. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. Many Fridays, I report on a wonderful website or project my classes and parents love.
Futurum
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
The engineering behind Evolutor. Published: Professor Tuck Seng Wong , based at The University of Sheffield in the UK, leads a team focused on applying the concept of Darwinian evolution to engineer biological systems for industrial applications. TALK LIKE A BIOMANUFACTURER. Among the F1 constructors (e.g., GENOME SEQUENCING.
Northeastern University
MARCH 2, 2022
Engineering For US All (e4usa)’s goal is to introduce engineering design principles to high school students across the U.S. They are currently accepting high school students, teachers and administrators to participate in their 2022-2023 academic year. Learn more about this program at e4usa.org. Teachers & Administrators: .
STEM Sport
MAY 24, 2022
There are budding engineers in all grade bands of the education system, even if the student might not know it yet. It is essential that we as parents and educators expose students to hands-on, engaging engineering curriculum and lessons starting at a young age. This is a great engineering gift option for any age!
Get Caught Engineering
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
Edible Engineering Who doesn’t enjoy popping some M&Ms ® into their mouth or munching on a candy cane or crackers? Engineering Cookies, candies and other foods are great building materials for many structures and vehicles. Food and STEM Our Edible Engineering bundle has 6 fun activities using a variety of food.
STEM Education Guide
AUGUST 28, 2022
At the top of that list of innovative toys, you’ll find LEGO engineering kits. Best STEM LEGO Engineering Kits. These are some of the best LEGO sets I’ve found to spark the engineering curiosity in all kids. If you have a child interested in engineering, this set would be ideal for them. LEGO Boost Creative Toolbox.
STEM Education Guide
MARCH 9, 2023
At least 95% percent of the things around you were created by an engineer, or an engineer played a role in its creation. Engineers and their skills are in high demand across many sectors, and that is why they are one of the most lucrative jobs. Read on for 5 tips on how to introduce engineering to your child at a young age.
EiE Blog
APRIL 26, 2023
In Pre-K education through the first years of elementary school, engineering skills may not be top of mind for parents or educators, but a solid foundation of problem-solving practice familiarity with the engineering design process will serve learners long beyond their early learning years.
STEM Everyday Podcast
JULY 29, 2023
Ekuwah Moses is an Elementary Engineering teacher in Las Vegas, NV. Ekuwah shares how her previous teaching positions in Literacy allow her to help kids improve communication skills while doing STEM. She uses a variety of techniques to help over 700 students engage with STEM concepts and build a STEM culture in her school.
Ask a Tech Teacher
MAY 16, 2022
Here are a few of the popular resources teachers are using for Architecture and Engineering: Architecture. ASCEville –Civil engineering jobs, activities. Engineering. ASCEville –Civil engineering jobs, activities. Concord Consortium –chemistry, earth science, engineering, life science, physics.
Ask a Tech Teacher
MAY 6, 2024
There’s always been something mystically cerebral about people in technical professions like engineering, science, and mathematics. The teaching profession has our own version of these nerdy individuals, called technology teachers. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.
Carly and Adam
JANUARY 13, 2022
In the story, Rosie Revere, Engineer, by Andrea Beaty , Rosie is trying to build a flying machine. The materials needed for each group include: Materials List: Paper Pipe Cleaners Fishing Line, Ribbon, or String Tape Popsicle Sticks Binder Clips Scissors Pencils and STEM Journals Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty (*recommended).
Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 6, 2020
If your school doesn’t teach a course about personal economics, there are many online sites that address the topic as mini-lessons. Banzai is a personal finance curriculum that teaches high school and middle school students how to prioritize spending decisions through real-life scenarios and choose-. Here are fifteen I like.
STEM Discovery Education
OCTOBER 24, 2023
No matter how many times we say STEM is “strategies that engage all minds” it is still viewed as simply science, technology, engineering, and math. How do we increase their confidence in using project-based learning […] The post Bringing ‘Non-STEM Letter’ Teachers into STEM Teaching appeared first on Discovery Education Blog.
Ask a Tech Teacher
MARCH 4, 2024
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Vivify Stem
NOVEMBER 22, 2022
Engineering in the Science Classroom Post Natasha Wilkerson November 22, 2022 Help! I am a science teacher, and I am trying to figure out how to integrate engineering in my classroom! Which engineering challenges best support science learning? What about engineering practices?
Futurum
JUNE 30, 2022
How can engineering address human rights issues? Dr Davis Chacon-Hurtado , a Peruvian engineer at the University of Connecticut in the US, is using a human rights-based approach to engineering to solve these problems. TALK LIKE A HUMANITARIAN ENGINEER. Published: June 30, 2022. HOW DOES PUBLIC TRANSPORT AFFECT INEQUALITY?
National Science Foundation
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
Engineering learning is a lifelong process that starts from a very young age as children discover the world through tinkering, touching, and being curious. Some refer to children as natural engineers (Dorie et al., Young children naturally and informally engage in engineering-related behaviors and activities (Petroski, 2003).
STEM Education Works
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Science, technology, engineering, and math; these bad boys have been around longer than the mints in your grandma’s candy jar. Engineering? They were engineering things back when T-Rexes were the neighborhood bullies. Teaching STEM isn’t a dry recitation of textbooks and snooze-worthy lectures. Mathematics?
STEM Sport
DECEMBER 26, 2022
STEM is an acronym for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Engineering is one of the core STEM pillars and is connected with successful, lucrative career paths. There are many ways parents and educators can promote engineering education and increase interest in this subject.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JUNE 14, 2019
This nature of affairs is possibly, in part, due to the limited emphasis on teaching problem-solving skills in school. Teaching them basic concepts about car maintenance will not only help satisfy their curiosity, but can also help them in the future when they are encountering problems with their cars. General Car Diagnostics.
Vivify Stem
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
Engineering and the 5E Science Model Post by Michelle Bogden & Natasha Wilkerson February 22, 2023 Are you looking to add engineering to your science classroom? Most educators use the 5E learning model to teach science concepts. Can engineering design fit into 5E science units?
Futurum
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
Empowering girls, inspiring engineers. Published: Decades of gender stereotyping, discrimination and prejudice have resulted in an engineering work force that is largely made up of white males. TALK LIKE AN ENGINEER. I n 1950, a group of women engineers from the US founded the Society of Women Engineers (SWE).
Ask a Tech Teacher
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
It teaches: Visualization and Understanding : Graphing helps students visually represent data, functions, and relationships. Whether in mathematics, science, economics, or engineering, graphs are commonly used to convey information in a concise and understandable manner. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.
CoderZ
APRIL 1, 2024
. – March 28, 2024 – CoderZ , the gamified coding platform that combines instruction for STEM, computer science and career readiness skills, was named the winner in the 2024 EdTech Awards from EdTech Digest Best Coding, Computer Science and Engineering category. CoderZ was also honored as a finalist in their best robotics solution category.
Scientix
JULY 22, 2022
In this Scientix blogpost, Derya Yukva, a preschool teacher in Turkey, presents the “Small Bridge Engineers” activity. Second, but not less important, another goal was to instill awareness of the importance of loving, protecting, and helping animals; to teach respect and kindness to all living creatures in nature.
Vivify Stem
JUNE 28, 2023
Engineer a New Fruit! Blend engineering principles with the tantalizing world of culinary delights with this delicious STEM lab! Read on to explore how food can become the ultimate medium for engaging K-12 students in thought-provoking lessons about genetics and food engineering concepts.
Ask a Tech Teacher
MARCH 10, 2017
STEM is the acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Engineering is why traffic flows smoothly on crowded roads and why bridges survive despite massive loads of trucks, and is the foundation for much research into global warming and alternative energy. These four topics cover every aspect of our life.
STEM Education Shopping
JANUARY 17, 2022
Make engineering fun and exciting for children. Starting from toothpick towers and marble towers and marble runs to egg drops and water rockets, Awesome engineering activities for kids consists of inspiring projects that will excite and challenge kids between the age group of 5 to 10 years.
STEM Sport
DECEMBER 12, 2022
Implementing science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) in a kid’s education is crucial to their success throughout schooling and their future. STEM teaches key learnings and skills applicable across various jobs and in daily life. STEM Kit 1: Engineering for Teens - A Beginners Book for Aspiring Engineers.
Ask a Tech Teacher
OCTOBER 9, 2023
They serve as a bridge between theory and practice, promote active learning and the development of practical skills that improve their teaching methods. This teaching approach can help them analyze and find realistic solutions to complex problems. CLEO Collection of Free Case Studies CLEO is a curated library of teaching resources.
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