Conference Session

Enhancing K-12 STEM Education with Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tirupalavanam Ganesh, Arizona State University; John Thieken, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

investigated different combinations ofthe electrical components creating varying types of circuits, progressing to constructing theirown homemade switches from the household objects. PICO Cricket kits were introduced andstudents used the PICO software to program and design intelligent reactions to mechanicalactions. Continuing with the PICO Cricket Kits students constructed creations (autonomous artinstallations) that would respond to stimuli from their surroundings (e.g., sound, movement,touch, and light). Individual and class discussions fortified the relationships betweeninputs/outputs and chain reactions. Ultimately, the entire cohort engaged in the creation andexecution of a large-scale chain reaction (Rube Goldberg Machine). Students were placed

Conference Session

Women in K-12 Engineeering & Outreach Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharnnia Artis, The Ohio State University; Ruth Friedman, The Ohio State University; Glenda LaRue, The Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

attractiveness to female students as a way ofincreasing the overall number of women in the engineering pipeline.Outside of summer camps in computing and computer science very few reports have been madeon single-discipline and single-sex summer camps in engineering8, 9. As a result, the purpose ofthis paper is three-fold: 1) to provide an overview of the development of a single-discipline,single-sex pre-engineering camp; 2) to discuss a formative evaluation plan for assessing the pre-engineering camp; and 3) to reveal anecdotal lessons learned to assist future camp directors. Inthe next sections, this paper uses CheME & YOU @ OSU as an exemplar single-discipline,single-sex pre-college engineering outreach program designed to attract young women