Minnesota Engineering byDesign
The Minnesota Technology and Engineering Educators Association and Saint Cloud State University have formed a consortium to bring the International Engineering and Educators Association “Engineering byDesign” curriculum to Minnesota. As leaders in Technology and Engineering education, MTEEA and SCSU were looking to provide a low cost, flexible, Pre K - 12 engineering program for Minnesota schools. In Engineering byDesign we found a program that:
Provides a standards-based K-12 program that ensures that all students are technologically literate.
Provides opportunities for all students without regard to gender or ethnic origin.
Provides clear standards and expectations for increasing student achievement in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Provides leadership and support that will produce continuous improvement and innovation in the program.
Provides a program that constructs learning from a very early age and culminates in a capstone experience that leads students to become the next generation of engineers, technologists, innovators, and designers.
"The Engineering byDesign™ Program is built on the belief that the ingenuity of children is untapped, unrealized potential that, when properly motivated, will lead to the next generation of technologists, innovators, designers, and engineers."
ITEEA STEM-CTL
Engineering byDesign (EbD)
Avoid the STEM curriculum pitfall of selecting a one-size-fits-all leading program with costly teacher training and equipment requirements! Engineering by Design (EbD) is an affordable and flexible K-12 curriculum solution for STEM and technology/engineering programs that promote STEM literacy for all students.
What Is EbD?
With Engineering byDesign™, students in Grades K-12 learn by doing through standards-based courses designed to encourage collaboration, boost creativity, increase technical literacy, and solve problems. Choose from the standard version or our online platform, EbD Buzz™.
Why EbD?
The International Technology and Engineering Educators Association’s (ITEEA) STEM±Center for Teaching and Learning™ has developed the only standards-based national model for Grades K-12 that develops technology and engineering literacy through a STEM context.
The model, Engineering byDesign™ (EbD), is based on the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics and English Language Arts, Next Generation Science Standards, and the Standards for Technological Literacy. Additionally, the K-12 Program has been aligned to the National Academy of Engineering’s Grand Challenges for Engineering.
Using inquiry and design-based models, students engaged in the program learn concepts and principles through authentic, project-based teaching and learning. Through an integrative STEM context, EbD™ leverages all four disciplines of STEM, as well as English Language Arts, to help students understand the complexities of tomorrow.
For more information on how to join the Minnesota Engineering byDesign Consortium, Contact:
Michael Sandell
MN Engineering byDesign Consortium Director
Mn.engineering.by.design@gmail.com
651-468-8357