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Tag Archives: engineering education
Vaccines versus Vaccinations – Why We Need K-12 Engineering
We have spent a year watching a battle between the natural world of viruses and our man-made world of connections, structures, and processes play out in real-time. Nature is powerful and we can do little to change the forces that … Continue reading
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Designing the Future
The school year has ended and many of you are already planning your new year. If you are like any of the many teachers I have worked with, there is no room for “more” in your curriculum. But we are … Continue reading
Assessment Part 3: How and When
In the first part of this assessment series, I highlighted four questions that you need to keep in mind when developing assessments for Engineering Design projects. Those questions were as follows: What do you want to assess? When … Continue reading
Phase 3: Develop a Solution
Descriptions and graphics concerning the Engineering Design Process (EDP) can be found in many different resources and websites. They generally contain 6-8 steps in a cyclic, iterative arrangement. This can sometimes be overwhelming to a teacher who is new to … Continue reading
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1, 2, 3 Engineer!
(This is Part 1 of a three part series focused on using the Engineering Design Process to support a culture of creative problem-solving in your classroom) At ProjectEngin, we have long held the belief that sustainable professional development starts with … Continue reading
To Code or Not to Code – Why neither is the answer to getting more girls interested in STEM fields
Countless research studies and initiatives have focused on our inability to attract female students to STEM fields. The percentages for women in Engineering has only budged by a few percentage points in the past few decades since I graduated with … Continue reading
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Easy Entry, Sky High, and a Mile Wide
What makes a great Engineering Design project? What creates the magic promised by project-based learning? The range and variety of possible projects is overwhelming. At ProjectEngin we focus on three key principles when developing projects for teachers to use. In … Continue reading
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Embracing the E: Why Engineering Should be Part of Your Classroom
The Top 5 E-Reasons Engagement: Engineering is the process that brings the built world into existence. And that is very much the world that our students live in. Activities that challenge young people to do things differently and better … Continue reading
The Future: Hidden in Plain Sight
Good design needs to focus on the end user; as educators our end users are the students in front of us every day. So, who is in your classroom? They are members of the most connected generation in history. They … Continue reading
Making it Matter
The beginning of the school year brings lots of blogs, tweets, articles, and discussions about new things to try in the classroom. It is a time of new beginnings and challenges. But it can be overwhelming when we layer in … Continue reading
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