Engineering

Engineering

Bridge Designer
https://bridgedesigner.org/

The Bridge Designer will provide you with a realistic introduction to engineering through an authentic, hands-on design experience. This software provides you with the tools to model, test, and optimize a steel highway bridge, based on realistic specifications, constraints, and performance criteria.

The Bridge Designer is free and in the public domain. It is provided and intended for educational use only.

Design Squad Global

https://pbskids.org/designsquad/parentseducators/lesson-plans/

Design Squad Global empowers middle school kids to solve real-world problems and understand the impact of engineering in a global context. Refreshed weekly with challenges, videos, and activities, the website is one of the only places on the web where kids can share their engineering ideas with other kids. At Design Squad Global's online hub, kids can share their engineering ideas and sketches with other kids, play games (like the flood prevention simulation "Don't Flood the Fidgits!"), and take on global challenges (inventing a way to use less water).

Fun videos feature kid engineers and hosts/role models Deysi Melgar (future aerospace engineer and professional salsa dancer) and Nate Ball (engineer, pole vaulter, and beat boxer), who draw on their experiences to dispel stereotypes about engineering and inspire kids to explore engineering.

DesignEd-Prototyping with Josh Ramos(MIT)

http://designed.mit.edu/design-online/index.html

Dyson Foundation-Challenge Cards

https://www.jamesdysonfoundation.co.uk/resources/other-engineering-resources/challenge-cards.html

           At the heart of the James Dyson Foundation are new ideas and new ways of thinking. 

           Our work encourages young minds to explore engineering and learn the importance of hands-on experimentation - 

           and the benefits of failure.

 Engineering is Elementary(Museum of Science)
    https://www.eie.org/stem-curricula

EiE®, the award-winning curricula division of the Museum of Science, Boston, develops research-based, classroom-tested programs that empower children to become lifelong STEM learners and passionate problem solvers. Since 2003, we’ve designed our PreK-8 curricula to encourage all children, including those from underrepresented groups, to see themselves as engineers. Our flexible print, online and blended hands-on programs bring engineering, science and computer science together to prepare today’s students for a fast-paced, global, technology-savvy future.

• Sounds Like Fun: Seeing Animal Sounds

• Thinking Inside the Box: Designing Plant Packages

• Solid as a Rock: Replicating an Artifact

• A Long Way Down: Designing Parachutes

• Marvelous Machines: Making Work Easier

• Just Passing Through: Designing Model Membranes

• A Work in Process: Improving a Play Dough Process

• The Attraction is Obvious: Designing Maglev Systems 

• A Stick in the Mud: Evaluating a Landscape

• Lighten Up: Designing Lighting Systems

• Catching the Wind: Designing Windmills

• No Bones About It: Designing Knee Braces

• Water, Water Everywhere: Designing Water Filters

• The Best of Bugs: Designing Hand Pollinators

• A Sticky Situation: Designing Walls

• To Get to the Other Side: Designing Bridges

• Taking the Plunge: Designing Submersibles

• An Alarming Idea: Designing Alarm Circuits

• Now You're Cooking: Designing Solar Ovens

• A Slick Solution: Cleaning an Oil Spill

  Engineering Adventures(3-5)
  https://eie.org/stem-curricula/engineering-grades-prek-8/engineering-adventures

  Engineering is Everywhere(6-8)
  https://eie.org/stem-curricula/engineering-grades-prek-8/engineering-everywhere

  Engineering and Computer Science Essentials

 Instructables

https://www.instructables.com/

Instructables is a community for people who like to make things. Come explore, share, and make your next project with us!

Instructables- STEAM projects for Educators

https://www.instructables.com/100-STEAM-Projects-for-Educators/

This is a collection of 100 STEAM Projects created for teachers and educators to do with youth. Each project encourages exploration, modification, and students to pursue their own ideas and curiosities.

Kidwind

https://www.kidwind.org/

Dream big, but start small! Join Kidwind as we help teachers and students explore the science, technology, and implications of a world powered by renewable energy

  Lego Robotics with Spike Prime
  https://education.lego.com/en-us/lessons

  Explore up to 400+ lessons with everything you need from what sets you need to building instructions.

  Everything you need to make a great class.

Josh Ramos-MIT- Design Online
A Resource for Learning About Design and Prototyping

http://designed.mit.edu/design-online/

• Sketching.    http://designed.mit.edu/design-online/sketching.html

• Cardboard   http://designed.mit.edu/design-online/cardboard.html

MIT+K12 Videos:

1,What Are Engineering and Science? https://youtu.be/t3Z2DZIUT2U

2. Engineering Design Process  https://youtu.be/5Dp2qHz8r2U

3. Art in Engineering  https://youtu.be/sFDPzmtIqkk

4. Prototyping. https://youtu.be/xglG_jGEvNQ

MIT-Lemelson JV Inventteams( Gr 6-10)
https://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/curriculum-invention

JV InvenTeams activity guides, including educator and student versions, are available for grades 6-10. There are no fees for downloading. The content is curated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) community and tested for quality and safety. Activity guides are aligned with Next Generation Science Standards. Companion pre-assembled invention kits are available for sale. Tools and materials lists are also available for educators to purchase what they need locally. Activities can be offered to students in many different contexts – as a supplement to coursework in the classroom setting, as enrichment activities in after school programs, and as the core program offered in workshops or summer camps.

Green Chemistry
https://lemelson.mit.edu/curriculum-invention/jv-inventeams-green-chemistry

Super Lens
https://lemelson.mit.edu/curriculum-invention/jv-inventeams-super-lens

Pump It Up
https://lemelson.mit.edu/curriculum-invention/jv-inventeams-pump-it

U-Control
https://lemelson.mit.edu/curriculum-invention/jv-inventeams-u-control

Noise Makers
https://lemelson.mit.edu/curriculum-invention/jv-inventeams-noise-makers

Electronic Textiles
https://lemelson.mit.edu/curriculum-invention/jv-inventeams-electronic-textiles

Chill Out
https://lemelson.mit.edu/curriculum-invention/jv-inventeams-chill-out

Shoe Soles
https://lemelson.mit.edu/curriculum-invention/jv-inventeams-shoe-soles

NASA STEM Resources for Teachers
https://www.nasa.gov/stem/foreducators/k-12/index.html

Novel Engineering
https://www.novelengineering.org/

Students use existing classroom literature – stories, novels, and expository texts – as the basis for engineering design challenges that help them identify problems, design realistic solutions, and engage in the Engineering Design Process while reinforcing their literacy skills.

  Project Lead the Way
    https://www.pltw.org/

Project Lead The Way provides transformative learning experiences for PreK-12 students and teachers across the U.S. We create an engaging, hands-on classroom environment and empower students to develop in-demand knowledge and skills they need to thrive. Our professional development for teachers provides training, resources, and support to engage students in real-world learning.

Our pathways in computer science, engineering, and biomedical science engage students in hands-on activities, projects, and problems; empower them to solve real-world challenges; and inspire them to reimagine how they see themselves.

       Launch- Engineering for K-5

       https://www.pltw.org/our-programs/pltw-launch-curriculum?token=EA4vLNm8BuxrwlbN4Wt0YFoQDAPhsfYr

PLTW Launch addresses Next Generation Science Standards, Common Core State Standards for Math and English Language Arts, and other national and state standards. To best fit the needs of your students and school, the program’s 10-hour modules are flexible and customizable: They can be implemented independently or in tandem with one another, at the grade level you want, at any time.

Additionally, all PLTW Launch modules are now available in both English and Spanish, reinforcing our commitment to ensure access to all students, including America’s 5 million English Language Learners.

PLTW Gateway(6-8)
https://www.pltw.org/our-programs/pltw-gateway-curriculum

Through explorations of coding and robotics, flight and space, and disease diagnosis, PLTW Gateway fuels students’ passion for discovery. As they engage in hands-on, collaborative problem solving focused on real-world challenges, students use and stretch their imaginations in brand-new ways and connect their learning to life. All the while, students step into roles spanning the career landscape – a crucial experience during this transitional time in their lives.

SketchUp for Schools/Curriculum
https://www.sketchup.com/products/sketchup-for-schools

SketchUp for Schools is the core SketchUp modeler now available in a web browser for any Primary or Secondary School signed up with G Suite for Education or Microsoft Education.

Teach Engineering

https://www.teachengineering.org/

The TeachEngineering Digital Library is an educational resource featuring standards-aligned, design-rich curricula.

Our goal is to help educators put the ‘E’ in STEM— by making applied science, technology, and math come alive through engineering design and design thinking.

  TinkerCAD Lesson Plans
  https://www.tinkercad.com/lessonplans

  https://www.tinkercad.com/learn

 Step-by-step lessons that align to academic standards

 Try Engineering. https://tryengineering.org/teachers/lesson-plans/

Worcester Polytechnic- Seeds of STEM for PreK-2

https://www.seedsofstem.org/

Seeds of STEM is a year-long, standards-aligned, integrated STEM curriculum for preschool and pre-K classrooms. The curriculum was developed by a team of teachers and researchers, through funding from the US Department of Education (IES, grant #R305A150571).