Engineering in K-12 Education Understanding the Status and Improving the Prospects (2009) / Chapter Skim
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Appendix B: Curriculum Projects - Descriptive Summaries
Appendix B: Curriculum Projects - Descriptive Summaries
Pages 189-208
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The program also includes online teacher training, student assessment and support, and a virtual online community that includes quarterly engineering challenges, and at-home extension activities. The curriculum is comprised of four volumes of real-world mechanical engineering projects that naturally embed mathematics, design, technology literacy, communications, and science.
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, and they begin with a design challenge that must be addressed in the final week. The subsequent instruction enables students to develop a solution to the challenge by engaging them in researching topics, generating ideas, planning courses of action, making things, and testing and presenting their designs.
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Over the past eight years, the program has helped hundreds of Central Texas educators integrate cutting-edge technology into the classroom through the DTEACh Robotics and Automation Summer Institutes. Participants learn to use the engineering design process to more effectively teach state-mandated science and math standards.
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The text can be updated, expanded, and repurposed as necessary to support specific standards and classroom needs. The current draft has four content chapters that cover the nature of engineering, engineering and society, engineering design, and the connection between engineering, science, and mathematics.
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in order to better understand the complexities of student learning and to help all students succeed and be prepared for the global society in which they will grow up. Developer: International Technology Education Association Website: http://www.iteaconnect.org/EbD/ebd.htm Contact: Barry Burke E-mail: bburke@iteaconnect.org Materials available to members of the ITEA-CATTS Consortium.
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194 ENGINEERING IN K–12 EDUCATION Engineering Your Future: A Project-Based Introduction to Engineering Engineering Your Future: A Project-Based Introduction to Engineering is a high-school level, project-based introduction to engineering. The 19-chapter text includes information related to the history of technology and engineering; engineers and the engineering profession; the big ideas in engineering, including systems, optimization, problem solving, design, and modeling; technology, society, and ethics; and fundamental mathematical and physics concepts used in mechanical and electrical engineering.
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Partners in the effort include Buffalo State College, Technology Department; the New York State Education Department; PTC Corporation; and the MIT Consortium. Developer: Buffalo State College, Technology Department Website: http://www.buffalostate.edu/technology/eof.xml Contact: Steve Macho E-mail: machos@buffalostate.edu
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Over 500 New Jersey teachers have taken ED&E workshops since 2000, with nearly 15,000 students now participating in design and engineering activities statewide. Developer: The College of New Jersey, Center for Mathematics, Science, Technology and Pre-Engineering Website: http://njtqe-r.grant.tcnj.edu/index.htm Contact: John Karsnitz E-mail: karsnitz@tcnj.edu
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Professional development materials include instructor notes, homework solutions, sample test questions, a daily lesson plan guide, PowerPoint chapter lectures, and online support. Developer: The Infinity Project, Southern Methodist University Contact: Dianna McAtee E-mail: dmcatee@infinity-project.org
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at Boston College provided evaluation and assessment specialists for the project. In the Structures Module, sixth grade students begin to develop an understanding of some of the basic principles that answer the question, Why do structures stand up?
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In addition, the project includes in-service training with curriculum and professional development opportunities for technology education teachers prior to classroom use. A specific objective is to increase the involvement of women and other underrepresented groups in engineering and technology by providing role modes in the classroom and developing case studies that encourage interest and participation by all groups.
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The thrust of the project is to help students "learn science content deeply" in conjunction with developing the "skills and understanding needed to undertake solution of complex, ill-structured problems." Students study science in the context of addressing design challenges that help them make connections between their experiences, science concepts and skills, and the world around them. During the design process, they practice designing and running experiments, analyzing data and drawing conclusions, making informed decisions and justifying them with evidence, working collaboratively in a team, and communicating ideas and experiences to others.
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. Developers: Center for Engineering Educational Outreach, Tufts University, and LEGO Education Website: www.legoengineering.com Contact: Merredith Portsmore E-mail: merredith@legoengineering.com To obtain materials: Curriculum resources are downloadable for free from the LEGO Engineering website.
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The case studies addressed auto safety, ergonomics of communication technology, machine automation, structural design, and designing for people with disabilities. Engineering concepts addressed in the course included design, modeling, systems, optimization, technology-society interactions, and engineering ethics.
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come alive in K–12 settings. The collection provides access to a growing curricular resource of multi-week units, lessons, activities and living labs.
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The following topics are covered in the middle school units: Agricultural/Biotechnology Cyberspace Pursuit Dragster Design Challenge Environmental Challenge Flight Challenge Mechanical Challenge Structural Challenge Transportation Challenge Medical Technology Challenge Digital Photography The following topics are covered in the middle school units: Desktop Publishing Film/Video Technology Manufacturing Prototype Radio Controlled Vehicle Transportation SciVis Structural Engineering System Control Technology Technology Challenge Medical Technologies Agricultural and Biotechnologies Developer: North Carolina State University Website: http://www.ncsu.edu/techknow/aboutproject.html Contact: Jerianne Taylor or Rosanne White Contact e-mail: taylorjs@appstate.edu; rwhite@tsaweb.org To obtain materials: Materials out of print.
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The book contains seven units: The Nature of Technology Design for a Technological World Materials, Manufacturing, and Construction Communication and Information Technology Energy, Power, and Transportation Biological and Chemical Technology The Future of Technology in Society Also available are a student activity guide, annotated teacher's edition, teacher's resource binder, test bank with ExamView CD-ROM, and a technology timeline poster. Developer: Center for Technological Literacy, Hofstra University Contact: David Burghardt E-mail: M.D.Burghardt@hofstra.edu To obtain materials: Pearson Prentice Hall, k12cs@custhelp.com or 800/848-9500
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The class is an intensive four-week experience where students actively participate in hands-on team activities including laboratory experiments and virtual Internet-based simulations while attending college-level lectures related to these activities. Field trips to local companies that employ engineers and informational sessions on college and career choices are integrated into the course schedule.
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, developed by SAE International, is an activities-based curriculum focused on electricity and electronics. Student teams conduct in-depth experiments involving transistors and semiconductors, analog integrated circuits, and digital integrated circuits.
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