Posted on November 9th, 2008 by kef
(The following is provided courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution)
For Grades 3-8
These two lesson plans give elementary school students an early exposure to construction and the composition of building materials. By learning about construction materials used in their school buildings, students see, for instance, how rocks are modified into construction materials. They can also observe how [...]
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Posted on January 26th, 2006 by csk
With the 2006 Winter Olympics only 15 days away, your students might be gearing up to cheer their favorite Olympians to the medal stand by learning everything there is to know about winter sports. But will they know that virtually every one of the Olympic winter sports depends on engineering? From a ski jump’s slope [...]
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Posted on October 4th, 2005 by admin
What’s the hot topic among undergrads enrolling in engineering programs? According to the 2004 ASEE Profiles of Engineering and Engineering Technology Colleges, engineering students are clamoring to get computer science degrees, in comparison to other fields with large numbers of majors. Out of the 72,893 bachelor’s degrees awarded by engineering colleges in the 2003-04 academic [...]
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