1 Experience Engaging the Community with Family Engineering Nights PostedJune 3, 2017 UpdatedJune 3, 2017 Posted By Peter McLaren https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2017/04/10/family-engineering-nights/ How do you engage parents with what you are doing with your students around engineering in your classroom? Lisa Rickey, a science and STEM Specialist at Issaquah School District in Issaquah, WA., describes steps that she followed to create Family Engineering nights for her community. Check out her blog on The Teaching Channel! Read More Average Ratings 0 Reviews0 Q&A0
1 Experience "Engineering Word Of The Day" podcast PostedMay 24, 2017 UpdatedJune 9, 2017 Posted By Pius Wong http://engineeringwordoftheday.com/ This informal podcast of short episodes talks about different cool words, phrases, acronyms, jargon, and slang in the engineering field every week. Read More Average Ratings 0 Reviews0 Q&A0
Partner Resource 1 Experience Balloons PostedApril 11, 2017 Posted By Teach Engineering https://www.teachengineering.org/activities/view/cub_balloons_lesson01_activity1 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 Average Ratings 0 Reviews0 Q&A0