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.
TeachEngineering: Making the most of Free STEM Curriculum with Mike Soltys PostedJune 12, 2018 UpdatedNovember 12, 2018 Posted byMike Soltys https://youtu.be/jCSPvyrlQdo Ready to start engineering with your students? Did you know there is a digital library of STEM curriculum with over 1,600 free STEM activities and standards aligned lesson plans searchable by age, subject and time commitment? Join some of the team from TeachEngineering to learn about their ... Read More Average Ratings 0 Reviews0 Q&A;0
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&A;0
2 Experiences Hands-on Activity: Cooking with the Sun - Creating a Solar Oven PostedMarch 19, 2015 UpdatedSeptember 25, 2017 Posted byMike Soltys https://www.teachengineering.org/view_activity.php?url=collection/duk_/activitie... Student groups are given a set of materials: cardboard, insulating materials, aluminum foil and Plexiglas, and challenged to build solar ovens. The ovens must collect and store as much of the sun's energy as possible. Students experiment with heat transfer through conduction by how well the oven is insulated and radiation by how well it absorbs solar radiation. They test the effectiveness of their designs qualitatively by baking some food and quantitatively by taking periodic temperature measurements and plotting temperature vs. time graphs. To conclude, students think like engineers and analyze the solar oven's strengths and weaknesses compared to conventional ovens. Read More Q&A;2
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!