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TryEngineering.org: Hands-on Activities Demonstrate
Engineering Principles
Yvonne Pelham, Educational Outreach Program Manager, IEEE
This workshop will enhance the efforts of teachers to bring exciting
hands-on activities that demonstrate engineering concepts and principles
to students. Participants will be introduced to lesson plans that have
been peer-reviewed by educators and engineers. Working in teams,
participants will use common materials to design and build a working
robot arm. Using the engineering design process, teams will collaborate
and agree on a design, identify materials, build and test their robot
arm model. Appropriate for grades 7 to 12, this classroom activity has
the following objectives:
· Learn design concepts.
· Learn teamwork.
· Learn problem solving techniques.
· Learn about simple machines.
Plastics
in Today’s World; a Workshop for 7-12 Educators
Professor Betsy Dell, Assistant Professor of Manufacturing & Mechanical
Engineering/ Packaging Science; Rochester Institute of Technology
The goal of this workshop is to
convey the impact that plastics have had on our world, both positive and
negative. This is a science based workshop that covers topics such as
chemical bonding, history of science, scientific inquiry, measuring &
weighing, the impact of technology in our world, and more. Through this
workshop, your students will learn “what is plastic?”, the history of
plastic, properties of plastics, and the use of plastics in today’s
world. There are 2 hands on activities: recycling of plastics, and
biodegradable plastics. Participants will receive detailed workshop
instructions for instructors including student handouts, a Power Point
presentation, resources on the Web and information on how educators can
order a Biodegradable polymers kit. Material covered in the workshops
is linked to the National Science Education Standards for Grades 5-9 and
9-12
Nanotechnology Education Using Mini VD Graaff
Generators and Robotic Bubble-makers
Prof. Dean Aslam, Assoc. Director, NSF ERC for WIMS, Michigan State
University
This workshop, partly supported by
the outreach program of NSF Engineering Research Center for wireless
integrated microsystems (wimserc.org), will use Lego-based hands-on
unique modules to explain micro- and nano-technologies. The participants
will be able to use fabrication modules, small-size Lego-based Van de
Graaff generators and programmable bubble-maker robots.
SCIENCE ROCKS! Ways to Shake it Up in the Classroom
MAJ Mindy Kimball, Assistant Professor, United States Military
Academy
This
workshop will demonstrate and discuss ways to help convey concepts in
geology and earth sciences to students in order to excite and inspire
further learning. Teachers will be given ways of covering specific
politically charged topics (or at least in the minds of the students and
families) like the age of the earth, nuclear waste, mining, petroleum
geology, alternative energy, and freshwater resources. Take-home
materials include a workshop outline, list of reference materials, and
supply lists for practical demonstrations. The workshop will conclude
with a discussion session aimed at sharing ideas and examples of
workshop participants.
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