Mike Soltys, College of Engineering and Applied Science - CU Boulder, shared an update PostedFriday, March 20, 2015 at 3:25 PM Mike Soltys has added a new lesson plan "Hands-on Activity: Cooking with the Sun - Creating a Solar Oven" Mike Soltys has added a new lesson plan "Hands-on Activity: Cooking with the Sun - Creating a Solar Oven"
Mike Soltys, College of Engineering and Applied Science - CU Boulder, shared an update PostedThursday, March 19, 2015 at 2:44 PM Mike Soltys joined LinkEnginering. Mike Soltys joined LinkEnginering.
Engineering Prototyping and Pedagogy Skills and Tools for K-12 PostedMay 16, 2022 UpdatedMay 16, 2022 Posted byMike Soltys https://www.teachengineering.org/pdworkshops Participants will actively use resources that can help students understand and integrate engineering prototyping technologies and design thinking into their science and math learning.Together they will collaborate with engineering design, engineering pedagogy and teacher professional development experts to learn the pedagogical practices that support engineering design. And, with new colleagues, enhance your K-12 engineering design skills through hands-on experience with online engineering design tools as you self-select three different skill-building sessions on topics such as:Prototyping On A Shoestring (Inexpensive Prototyping & Design Building)CAD I (Introduction to Sketches & Parts)CAD II (Multi-Part Assemblies & Design for Manufacturing)Arduino I (Introduction to Wiring & Coding Inputs & Outputs)*Electronics I (Introduction to Circuits & Measurements Fundamentals)*Computational Thinking3D Printers (Office Hours)TeachEngineering Curriculum Development/Publication Read More Q&A0
TeachEngineering Integrating Engineering Design into Your PK-12 STEM Curriculum PostedMay 16, 2022 UpdatedMay 16, 2022 Posted byMike Soltys https://www.teachengineering.org/pdworkshops This workshop will focus on implementing hands-on engineering design challenges for K-12 youth while making NGSS connections. Teachers will be introduced to the role of phenomena and sensemaking in science and engineering and will learn how the three-dimensional elements of the NGSS support both phenomena-based learning and engineering design thinking.Using FREE curriculum available from the TeachEngineering Digital Library, participants will work on hands-on engineering design activities that support both in-person and remote student teams, building on phenomena that students encounter in their everyday lives.Participants will explore the engineering design process, engineering applications of real-world science and technology challenges, global interconnectedness of engineering, and various engineering careers. Read More Q&A0
1 Experience Hands-on Activity: Balloons PostedApril 7, 2015 UpdatedSeptember 25, 2017 Posted byMike Soltys https://www.teachengineering.org/view_activity.php?url=collection/cub_/activitie... Students follow the steps of the engineering design process as they design and construct balloons for aerial surveillance. After their first attempts to create balloons, they are given the associated Estimating Buoyancy lesson to learn about volume, buoyancy and density to help them iterate more successful balloon designs.Applying their newfound knowledge, the young engineers build and test balloons that fly carrying small flip cameras that capture aerial images of their school. Students use the aerial footage to draw maps and estimate areas. Read More Q&A0
Mike Soltys , College of Engineering and Applied Science - CU Boulder submitted an answer on "Do you have any examples (other than the images in the lesson) of hands that have been made? Thank you " Posted Wednesday, June 20, 2018 at 11:34 AM We don't have any pictures currently, but we'll make a video with some new examples and try to get it posted this summer! In the mean time, check out our YouTube channel ( http://www.YouTube.com/TeachEngineering ) to see activities that do have videos! We don't have any pictures currently, but we'll make a video with some new examples and try to get it posted this summer! In the mean time, check out our YouTube channel ( http://www.YouTube.com/TeachEngineering ) to see activities that do have videos!
Mike Soltys , College of Engineering and Applied Science - CU Boulder submitted an answer on "Does the TV serve to test the system, or do you need the TV for the system to detect a thunderstorm?" Posted Monday, November 6, 2017 at 10:29 PM The TV just serves as a way to test the system. The system *should* work without a TV present. The TV just serves as a way to test the system. The system *should* work without a TV present.
Mike Soltys , College of Engineering and Applied Science - CU Boulder submitted an answer on "What's the best format for a K-12 engineering lesson plan/unit?" Posted Monday, April 18, 2016 at 11:40 AM Sneha, we have templates for lessons, activities, and curricular units on TeachEngineering.org. You're welcome to use that as a way to format your lesson plans, and I'd highly encourage you to submit your activity to TeachEngineering, we're the largest library of K-12 engineering curriculum and have over 3,000,000 users a year! I'm happy to help with any questions you might have. https://www.teachengineering.org/submit_curricula.php Sneha, we have templates for lessons, activities, and curricular units on TeachEngineering.org. You're welcome to use that as a way to format your lesson plans, and I'd highly encourage you to submit your activity to TeachEngineering, we're the largest library of K-12 engineering curriculum and have over 3,000,000 users a year! I'm happy to help with any questions you might have. https://www.teachengineering.org/submit_curricula.php
Experience Mike Soltys, College of Engineering and Applied Science - CU Boulder shared an experience on "Paper Circuits Greeting Cards" Added Friday, June 30, 2017 at 4:34 PM This is a brilliant activity I did this while babysitting some friends' kids (5th grade and 1st grade). It's a really fun, scale-able activity that allows students to learn about circuits while expressing their creativity! We didn't use the templates, just made our own circuits on white paper and colored the paper with cool ... Read More 0 Comments
Experience Mike Soltys, College of Engineering and Applied Science - CU Boulder shared an experience on "Hands-on Activity: Cooking with the Sun - Creating a Solar Oven" Added Thursday, March 19, 2015 at 3:28 PM Students Love it We've cooked all sorts of fun things in our Solar cookers, and students really enjoy the activity. You can really engage students by letting them come up with creative solar cooker recipes, and having a cookoff! 0 Comments
Review Mike Soltys, College of Engineering and Applied Science - CU Boulder posted a review on "TeachEngineering" Posted Thursday, March 19, 2015 at 4:00 PM Great Resource A constantly growing collection of great resources!