Educator Resources
Classroom Materials
Mission: Define Your Future
The "Mission: Define Your Future" educational program includes: detailed lessons for teachers on technology and science, reproducibles that allow students to explore math and science through word problems, a classroom poster designed to promote critical thinking and student magazines that profile young engineers and provide resources for further research in these fields. Developed as part of a two-year collaboration between Northrop Grumman and Scholastic, the program highlights the real-world applications of science and technology from various engineering and science disciplines including space science, submarine engineering and geolocation technology to showcase the importance of technical education and to make it more appealing to middle and high school students.
Design Squad
It's educational, uses real-life applications of math and science, and meets the toughest teaching standards. Design Squad features two teams of real high school kids who use their problem-solving skills to design, construct, and test engineering projects such as a machine that automatically makes pancakes, or a motorized red wagon that can reach speeds up to 20 MPH. The brainchild of ZOOM producers WGBH Boston, Design Squad premiered during Engineers Week 2007.
PHYSICAL SCIENCE & ENGINEERING DESIGN
(Engineering Resources and Activities)
This booklet is the result of an educational partnership that includes the Society of Women Engineers (SWE), Kimberly-Clark, and the NASA Center for Distance Learning. The activities were originally developed for use with the NASA SCI Files™ , which is a research-, inquiry-, and standards-based program designed to introduce children to science and inquiry and Problem-Based Learning (PBL). Individually and collectively, these activities were selected for inclusion in this booklet because of their demonstrated ability to enhance and enrich the teaching and learning of Physical Science and Engineering Design.
ASHRAE (The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers) Programs/Resources for K-12 Teachers (PDF) is a collection of classroom science projects on different topics. Most are appropriate for middle schools students.
The TeachEngineering digital library provides teacher-tested, standards-based engineering content for K-12 teachers to use in science and math classrooms. Mapped to educational content standards, engineering lessons connect real-world experiences with curricular content already taught in K-12 classrooms. TeachEngineering's comprehensive curricula are hands-on, inexpensive, and relevant to children's daily lives. Several university partners and the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) collaborated to create this collection, partly funded by the National Science Foundation.
You will find hands on learning and teaching preparation at ASEE’s K12 Center.
MiddleWeb provides a wealth of resources for schools, districts, educators, parents, and public school advocates working to raise achievement for all students in the middle grades.
Guidance counselors and teachers will find lesson plans and resources to encourage students to learn about engineering at WIEO’s K-12 site.
How many of the 20th century's greatest engineering achievements will your students use today? Explore our list of the top 20 achievements and learn how engineering shaped a century and changed the world.
Great Achievements in Mechanical Engineering is a website of the top 10 Great Achievements of 20th Century. Through this website, ASME provides teachers with on-line lesson plans and activities for classroom use, links to feature articles in Mechanical Engineering magazine and ordering information for the free companion videotape.
Explore large structures and what it takes to build them with BUILDING BIG™, a five-part PBS television series and Web site from WGBH Boston.
Visit The International Technology Education Association - the largest professional educational association, principle voice, and information clearinghouse devoted to enhancing technology education through technology, innovation, design, and engineering experiences at the K-12 school levels
A World in Motion offers highly interactive learning experiences that incorporate the laws of physics, motion, flight, and electronics. Designed by the Society of Automotive Engineers International (SAE), the curriculum is designed around math, science, and technology standards and joins together teachers, students, and volunteer practicing engineers.
The Society of Women Engineers has a library of programs for use in classroom and after school programs.
Children are born engineers--they are fascinated with building, with taking things apart, and with how things work. Find lesson plan units at Engineering Is Elementary.
After School Program Materials
From Intel® Innovation in Education Design and Discovery is an academic enrichment opportunity that engages students in hands-on engineering and design activities intended to foster knowledge, skill development, and problem solving in the areas of science and engineering. Design and Discovery includes a complete, downloadable and reproducible curriculum as well as related resource materials and an implementation guide. Design and Discovery is most appropriate for informal education settings ages 11-15 with extended blocks of time.
Financial Resources
The 2008 Intel® Schools of Distinction Awards Apply by February 14, 2008.
Every year, Intel honors U.S. schools that have demonstrated excellence in math and science education as Intel Schools of Distinction. One elementary, one middle and one high school in each of two categories - math and science - receive $10,000 cash grants and more than $100,000 in products and services from sponsors.
One of the six winning schools is chosen as the Star Innovator, and receives an additional $15,000 grant from the Intel Foundation as well as additional products and services.