Delaware County Intermediate Unit Project

Engineering is Elementary

The DCIU and WHYY partnership will bring content aligned resources to a DCIU program serving area students from across the county. Teachers in the program will receive:

  • grade level appropriate engineering materials from the Museum of Science in Boston's Engineering is Elementary

  • professional development in high quality engineering instruction, and

  • instructional coaching to support program implementation.

Each student in the program will receive the following Grab and Go materials to support and extend classroom instruction at home in an offline manner:

  • a "Try It!" kit aligned to classroom instruction featuring mini-design challenges with individual student materials

  • the accompanying EiE unit storybook

  • curated resources guides aligned to PBS Learning Media and the WHYY broadcast schedule

  • digital TV antennas to connect to WHYY OTA, and

  • foldscopes

A Work in Process: Improving a Play Dough Process

The Best of Bugs: Designing Hand Pollinators

A Long Way Down: Designing Parachutes

An Alarming Idea: Designing Alarm Circuits