At-home engineering lessons can start with children’s books. Even the Cat in the Hat has something to teach on the topic. For parents suddenly turned into their kids’ teachers, using story to teach engineering can mean learning for all.
Read MoreIs K-12 Engineering Doomed?
Engineering is riding a long wave of growing popularity in K-12 education, much to the satisfaction of students, colleges, and employers. But finding and training teachers could be the rock on which the wave crashes. Are we entering the make-or-break phase for the “E” in STEM? Read more to find out.
Read MoreSummertime, and the (Teacher Learning) Is Easy
Educators know that summer is prime time for growing content knowledge and honing teaching techniques. Including video, audio, and plain old text, here’s a collection of great STEM resources to help teachers build their classroom chops for the school year to come.
Read MoreHow to Season Lessons in Engineering with Infusions of Story
Engineering design has become a cornerstone of STEM education, but it’s a foreign concept to teachers and students. Seasoning it with lessons already familiar from English class can jump-start learning activities and lead to unpredictable, exciting classroom experiences.
Read MoreTough Budget for STEM Not the Last Word
The White House budget blueprint would decimate funding for STEM research and education programs. How likely is it actually to happen?
Read MoreHow Engineers Week Works for Educators and Engineers Alike
Engineering organizations across the country are gearing up Engineers Week, February 19-25. Improving public understanding of the field is an ongoing challenge; we've got publications that can help, great for all age groups.
Read MoreThe Heart of the Matter: How to Inspire Future Engineers
Engineering can seem like the Tin Man of professions, eminently useful but lacking heart. Here's a rich, fun talk with Dave Goldberg, of "A Whole New Engineer" fame, about how to show students the engaging, inspiring possibilities of the field.
Read MoreWhy Does Engineering Lag in Afterschool?
Afterschool programs draw 10 million kids every year. But engineering is hard for them to find. What are the obstacles to raising the profile of engineering in afterschool?
Read MoreEngineering a New Message
Engineers Week just wrapped up with a raft of positive, accessible messages spread widely about benefits and opportunities associated with engineering. For a field with a lot of PR work to do, the signs are nevertheless encouraging.
Read MoreHow Is Engineering Really Relevant in K-12?
Looking at the relevance of engineering to our daily lives provides a rich, accessible angle for bringing the subject into K-12 teaching and learning. From ergonomics to ethics to geopolitics, engineering can serve to integrate disciplines far beyond just the STEM fields.
Read MoreK-12 Learning by Engineering Design
The most valuable lesson students can get from K-12 engineering? It could be the design process, a template for critical thinking, transferable to almost any problem-solving challenge.
Read MoreHacking the NGSS Engineering Standards
K-12 standards are starting to include engineering, the missing "E" in STEM. Educators are going to have to adapt. Our hack will help get people started on the way to STEM integration that includes all four fields.
Read MoreICYMI: The Summer in K-12 Engineering Education
A busy summer in K-12 engineering, as seen through meetings, policy actions, a big new website, the return of MacGyver(!), and a coloring book for young learners.
Read MoreDreams Need Doing - Does Engineering Outreach?
By any measure, engineering outreach is a growth industry. But graduation rates have lagged, especially among women and African-Americans. For all this activity, why haven't more students gone into engineering? Does the problem lie with engineering or somewhere else?
Read MoreReasons to Love Afterschool Engineering
Finding space for engineering in the K-12 day is hard. So try afterschool engineering instead. It's a great way to crack the K-12 nut, easy to get started, fun to do, and popular with kids. See how it works here.
Read More16+ Engineering Videos to Help Make Your Outreach Case
A golden age of engineering videos is upon us. All fun to watch, these videos offer something for everyone, especially helpful for hooking your audience on the impact and opportunities of engineering.
Read MoreHispanics in Engineering Pick Up the Pace
Hispanics in engineering have been earning an increasing share of all post-secondary degrees, especially at the bachelor's and master's levels. Even so, they remain under-represented in engineering and lag their white peers in rates of degree completion. Extensive outreach operations seek to boost Hispanics' accomplishments in STEM with comprehensive support across diverse, education-related fronts.
Read More8 Great Engineering Outreach Activities at Engineering Societies
Eight engineering outreach activities at engineering societies that feature high-quality content, presented well, and designed with audience needs clearly in mind.
Read MoreGot Engineers? Workforce Development and Diversity in Engineering
For all that engineering is said to be everywhere, K-12 audiences command a limited, often wrong grasp of what engineers do. This presents some daunting facts for us to reckon with in devising efforts to expand participation in the field, whether for workforce needs or broadening diversity in engineering.
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