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Developing Elementary Engineering Schools: From Planning to Practice and Results

Conference Session: Focus on Elementary
Collection: 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Elizabeth A. Parry, North Carolina State University; Emily George Hardee, Brentwood Magnet Elementary School of Engineering; Lizette D. Day, Rachel Freeman School of Engineering
Tagged Divisions: K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2012-4900: DEVELOPING ELEMENTARY ENGINEERING SCHOOLS:FROM PLANNING TO PRACTICE AND RESULTSElizabeth A. Parry, North Carolina State University Elizabeth Parry is an engineer and consultant in K-12 STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math- ematics) Curriculum and Professional Development and the Coordinator of K-20 STEM Partnership De- velopment at the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University. For the past 15 years, she has worked extensively with students from kindergarten to graduate school, parents, and pre-service and in-service teachers to both educate and excite them about engineering. As the Co-PI and Project Director of a National Science Foundation GK-12 grant, Parry developed a

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The Role of Classroom Artifacts in Developmental Engineering

Conference Session: Examining Problem-based Learning
Collection: 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Diana Bairaktarova, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Aikaterini Bagiati, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Jennifer Dobbs-Oates, Purdue University
Tagged Divisions: K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

artifacts according to the teachers?Phone: is available in dramatic play for the children to pretend to make and receive calls.Children usually talk to each other in dramatic play; they act as though they are calling someone.Some children repeat conversations from home. Children also act out fire safety behaviors, Page 25.1338.4pretending to call 911. Phones resembling both cell phones and land-line phones are used.Balance: Children place counters on the balance. Children may fill the bins of the balance or justpush them up and down. They fill both sides of the balance with objects and transfer them backand forth. In planned activities children use

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Self-regulated Learning Strategies of Grades 9-12 Students in Design Project: Viewed From Performance and Gender Perspectives

Conference Session: Broadening Participation
Collection: 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Oenardi Lawanto, Utah State University; Wade H. Goodridge, Utah State University
Tagged Divisions: K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

) strategies including planning,and cognitive and monitoring/fix-up strategies. A mixed-methods approach to research wasapplied to gather comprehensive and valid information about students’ SRL strategies. Theobjectives of this preliminary study were to investigate high school students' design activitiesthat reflect their understanding of task demand and SRL strategies to accomplish the design taskfrom the perspective of design performance (i.e., high- and low- performing students) andgender. A better understanding of these issues will specifically benefit technology and pre-engineering educators as well as the high school curriculum developer.Students at a high school in Colorado participated in this preliminary study (n = 29); 22

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Exchange: Mouse-wheel Generator

Conference Session: Curriculum Exchange II
Collection: 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Dani Sledz, Colorado School of Mines; Allison M. Silvaggio, STEM Magnet Lab School
Tagged Divisions: K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

teachers for up to fifteenhours per week, throughout the academic year, in implementing the discovery-based learning activitiesin the K-5 classrooms. These same graduate students are also responsible for 1) arranging visits byprominent individuals to the K-5 classroom, 2) researching additional mathematical and scientificclassroom topics, and 3) arranging elementary school campus tours. Since mathematics and sciencecomprise, on average, forty-five minutes of an elementary school day, one graduate student supportsmultiple classrooms. As has been argued elsewhere 5,6,7, there is a growing interest among engineers and teachers inthe development and design of lesson plans that introduce renewable energy and energy generation topre-college

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Learning through Guided Discovery: An Engaging Approach to K-12 STEM Education

Conference Session: The Role of Engineering in Integrated STEM--uh STEAM--uh Education!
Collection: 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Bettina J. Casad, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Mariappan Jawaharlal, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Tagged Divisions: K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

event and the responses were analyzed and compared against acontrol group consisting of 66 students. The theory of planned behavior was used to predictstudents‟ plans for future STEM education. The results of this study suggest that the roboticsprogram based on the guided discovery approach is successful. The success of this program ledto a follow-up study to measure students‟ perceived math and engineering ability, difficulty,STEM attitudes, and intentions to obtain good math grades. The second study indicated thatmany of the positive outcomes of this program persisted six months later.BackgroundScience, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education in the United Statescontinues to garner national concern.1 A National Academies

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What Did We Learn from Using Engineering-based Learning Pedagogy in Josiah Quincy High School?

Conference Session: Lessons learned
Collection: 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Ibrahim F. Zeid, Northeastern University; William L. DUPE Chan, Josiah Quincy High School; Kristina Buenafe, Josiah Quincy High School; Jessica Chin, Northeastern University
Tagged Divisions: K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

endeavor, but finding efficient ways for K-12 teachersto effectively convey these concepts and for students to retain their knowledge has been achallenge. To meet this need, Northeastern University’s NSF-funded CAPSULEprogram was developed as a professional development program that guides STEMteachers to learn how to use and implement engineering-based learning (EBL) in highschool classes. Content included are the engineering design process, CAD modeling,capstone projects, and action plans for the academic year. Two JQUS teachers (math andtechnology) attended the summer 2010 CAPSULE program and implemented actionplans during the 2010-2011 school year.This paper covers the details of the JQUS math and technology CAPSULE curriculumand implementation

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Teacher Training and Student Inquiry and Science Literacy: Linking Teacher Intervention to Students’ Outcomes in STEM Courses in Middle and High School Classes

Conference Session: K-12 Teacher Professional Development
Collection: 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California
Tagged Divisions: K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

districts to plan, deliver and sustain atargeted inservice teacher professional development and a middle and high school STEM studentcurriculum intervention. Recognizing that understanding informational text is a major problem inurban schools and a major barrier to science and achievement, we have worked at improvingstrategic instruction in science literacy for our teachers and their students in addition to foci oninquiry instruction with emphases on engineering problem solving and experimentation. Resultsof this teacher and student focused STEM educational intervention has revealed a dramaticincrease in student interest in scientific experimentation, engineering problem solving andincreased science literacy and achievement.IntroductionEngineers

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Family Engineering: Exploring Engineering with Elementary-age Children and their Parents

Conference Session: Factors Impacting Engineering Career Choices, Including Engaging Families
Collection: 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: David R. Heil, David Heil & Associates, Inc.; Neil Hutzler, Michigan Technological University; Christine M. Cunningham, Museum of Science; Mia Jackson, Foundation for Family Science & Engineering; Joan F. Chadde, Michigan Technological University
Tagged Divisions: K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

inquiry, creativity, teamwork, and collaborative problemsolving and can be used by individuals and organizations to plan and conduct successfulcommunity outreach events that increase public understanding and appreciation of engineeringand the role it plays in everyday life. Modeled after the popular publications Family Science1and Family Math2 a new publication titled Family Engineering: An Activity and EventPlanning Guide3 will serve as a valuable resource for professional engineering societies andstudent chapters of those societies as well as formal and informal educators who want to host aFamily Engineering event in their community.With support from the National Science Foundation, hands-on activities that introduce familiesto traditional and

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Best Practices in K-12/University Partnerships

Conference Session: Best Practices in K-12 Engineering: Partnerships
Collection: 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Christine Schnittka, University of Kentucky; Elizabeth A. Parry, North Carolina State University; Lizette D. Day, Rachel Freeman School of Engineering; Augusto Z. Macalalag Jr., Stevens Institute of Technology; Albert Padilla Jr., Jersey City Public Schools; Malinda S. Zarske, University of Colorado, Boulder; Patty Ann Quinones, Skyline High School
Tagged Divisions: K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, NCProgram overview and partnership structureIn 2007, our school was designated a magnet school by our local school board due to re-districting. The community was surveyed and a school with an engineering theme wasoverwhelmingly supported. The school’s staff began researching and planning engineering in aK-5 setting and was contacted, through chance, by the university. Throughout the rest of theyear, both parties worked together to develop and plan an engineering magnet school that wouldutilize the Engineering is Elementary curriculum as a primary tool. The plan addressedprofessional development, community/parent support, materials support and partnership supportfor the first three years initially.During the 2007-2008 school year, our partner at the

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Early Engineering through Service-learning: Adapting a University Model to High School

Conference Session: Service as an Element of Education
Collection: 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Pamela Dexter, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jane Hunter, University of Arizona; James C. Baygents, University of Arizona; Michael Gerard Thompson
Tagged Divisions: K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

include engineering education, teaching strategies, assessment and evaluation of program objectives and learn- ing outcomes, student teamwork and group dynamics, business and technology management, strategic and operational planning, project management, and technical sales and marketing. Prior to joining the University, Hunter worked for several companies, including IBM and Anaquest, Inc., as an Engineer, Engineering Manager, Technical Sales Professional, and Director of Informational Technology. At the University of Arizona, she oversees the freshman engineering experience, which includes the introduc- tory engineering course required of entry-level students. She also teaches undergraduate/graduate courses in the

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Engineering Teaching Kits, Experiments, and Demonstrations as Part of Workshops for Teachers to Facilitate Learning of Science and Engineering

Conference Session: K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Poster Session
Collection: 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Caridad Cruz, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Lourdes Gazca, American University in Puebla, Mexico; Aurelio Lopez-Malo, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla
Tagged Divisions: K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

/demonstrations and ETKs are interesting and useful.In general, attendees rated them as good or excellent and felt very or somewhat comfortableperforming and teaching the experiments/demonstrations and ETKs after the workshops. Morethan 75% of the teachers plan to use experiments and/or demonstrations while more than 70% ofthe teachers plan to use ETKs. The written materials provided were rated as very helpful.IntroductionMexico is suffering from a national crisis in science and math education. At the elementary,middle, and high school level, Mexican students perform poorly on standardized tests incomparison to other developing countries. Additionally, most P-12 Mexican teachers never getthe chance to learn about engineering1-4.Universidad de las

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Innovative Curriculum for Engineering in High School (ICE-HS): Status Update

Conference Session: Curriculum Development
Collection: 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Shamsnaz Virani, Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley; Iris B. Burnham, Da Vinci School for Science and the Arts
Tagged Divisions: K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

(tests, quizzes, prompts, work samples, observations) that will show that studentsunderstand, as well as student self-assessments and reflections about their learning; and Stage 3) planned learning experiences, the sequence of teaching and learning experiences thatwill equip students to engage with, develop, and demonstrate the desired understandings.The ICE-HS Framework was developed using these steps in a workshop led by the authors. Theworkshop resulted in a curriculum with vision, mission, mission goals, measureable objectivesand four-year engineering framework customized for the Da Vinci high school. The sequence offour engineering courses shown in Figure 1 was designed based on the workshop results

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Using a Campus-wide Community of Practice to Support K-12 Engineering Outreach

Conference Session: Assessment and Evaluation of K-12 Engineering Programs
Collection: 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Tracey Louise Collins, North Carolina State University; Eric N. Wiebe, North Carolina State University; Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University
Tagged Divisions: K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

students. More specifically, Collins assists with planning, implementing, managing, and reporting of project activities which include survey development, coordination of data collection, interfacing with data managers, coordination of quarterly meetings of outreach providers to gather feedback, identify best practices, and disseminating findings to stakeholders. In addition, she assists with annual report writing and conference presentations. Prior to working at NC State, Collins was the Online Learning Project Manager for NC TEACH and Project Co- ordinator for NC TEACH II at the UNC Center for School Leadership Development. Key responsibilities there included the development, implementation, teaching, and assessment of

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Exploring Nanotechnology with Electrospinning: Design, Experiment, and Discover!

Conference Session: New and Innovative Ideas
Collection: 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Jennifer S. Atchison, Drexel University; Danielle Tadros, Drexel University; Yury Gogotsi, Drexel University; Paul Holt; William Andrew Stoy, North Carolina State University; Joy A. Kots, Father Judge High School; Caroline Louise Schauer, Drexel University
Tagged Divisions: K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

students built K’NEXelectrospinning stations, and identified the process variables and material’s propertiesthat control the resulting fiber diameters and product yield. They wrote a short proposalpositing their hypothesis and a detailed experimental plan to optimize the fiber diametersand yield using their electrospinning station. The students implemented their experiment,trouble shot equipment failures, and collected their nanofibers. In collaboration with alocal university their nanofibers were imaged using an SEM and the students analyzedthe fiber diameter distributions with Image J software and a statistical package in Excel.The electrospinning activity was supported through a series of short lectures and inquiry-based activities designed to

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Preparing Middle and High School Students for Conducting Postsecondary Academic Research

Conference Session: K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Poster Session
Collection: 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Adrian Lee, Central Illinois Technology and Education Research Institute
Tagged Divisions: K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, goals, and objectives of theonline STEM journal, while Section III outlines its aims and scope. Section IV presents a seriesof workshops organized to teach students the process of conducting academic research. SectionV outlines a future evaluation plan used to rate the journal’s performance. Section VI discussesthe journal’s potential impact on STEM education, and Section VII provides concluding remarks.II. Purpose, Goals and Objectives This section discusses the purpose, goals, and objectives of creating an online, open-accessSTEM journal for the 7-12 grade audience. The journal is designed to enhance middle school andhigh school students’ and teachers’ awareness of modern engineering and science practicescurrently ongoing in academia and

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Change in Elementary Student Conceptions of Engineering Following an Intervention as Seen from the Draw-an-Engineer Test

Conference Session: K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Poster Session
Collection: 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Ronald L. Carr, Purdue University; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette
Tagged Divisions: K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, usually portrayed by drawing plans or performing specific parts of the engineering design process, an implied client or public use is intended. • Technician – Computer or electronic technician portrayed by a person fixing something electronic. • Design/Create Single – Hobbies, crafts, and designs for personal use or making one object for a specific person. • Tradesman – Carpenters, plumbers, welders, etc. where a person is fixing something that is not mechanical. • Mechanic – Fixing a vehicle, engine, machine or something else that is mechanical. • Laborer/Builder – Building houses, roads or buildings through physical labor and other forms of manual labor not covered in other categories

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Term Analysis of an Elementary Engineering Design Approach

Conference Session: Focus on Elementary
Collection: 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Jeremy V. Ernst, Virginia Tech; Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University; Elizabeth A. Parry, North Carolina State University
Tagged Divisions: K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

in Elementary Schools is a two-year research project fundedby the National Institutes of Health. The Engineering Design Models in ElementarySchools project model is comprised of teacher professional development, cross-curriculargrade level teacher planning, and ongoing programmatic alignment. The teacherprofessional development phase provides implementation strategy including ensuringfoundational understanding of Engineering, Science and Technology, using engineeringas a core subject integration tool, using recording and assessment tools to documentstudent process and learning outcomes. Additionally the teacher professionaldevelopment involves implementing problem based learning approaches andunderstanding competency alignment with an

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Engineers Serving Education: Bringing Math and Science to Life in the K-8 Classroom

Conference Session: Service as an Element of Education
Collection: 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Stephen Rippon, Arizona State University; James Collofello, Arizona State University
Tagged Divisions: K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

activities intolocal K-8 classrooms as a means to reinforce the students’ math and science learning. Bydeveloping activities and utilizing preexisting activities that complement the state math andscience standards, the ASU’s Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering is impacting K-8 studentlearning through training teacher candidates (student teachers) how to incorporate these activitiesin the classrooms to which they are assigned. As may be obvious, the mechanics involved indelivering such an innovative and far-reaching initiative as this involves many individual, yetinteractive pieces. While planning for the collaboration, there were seven major areas ofconsideration.  The Teachers’ College iTeach Program  The development and/or adaptation of

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Creating Science and Engineering Practices in the K12 Classroom: An Initial Survey of the Field

Conference Session: Examining Problem-based Learning
Collection: 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Daniel Z. Meyer, Illinois Institute of Technology; James Kedvesh; Joy Kubarek-Sandor, John G. Shedd Aquarium; Cheryl L. Heitzman, Illinois Institute of Technology; Sima Ala Faik, Illinois Institute of Technology; Yaozhen Pan, Illinois Institute of Technology
Tagged Divisions: K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, however, has notbeen easy6-9. The interest in promoting inquiry-based teaching has certainly generated actualinstances of inquiry-based instruction - specific curricula and instructional plans. Thesehave limits, though, as specific examples rather than broader concepts. In reviewing thestate of inquiry as an organizing theme of science education, Anderson stresses “teachershave to be the focal point of a move towards more inquiry-oriented science education”4.Our concern, therefore, lies with what conceptual resources have been provided tosupport teachers in enacting inquiry. At the other end of the spectrum from specificinstructional plans, well articulated, abstract goals have been established. Thoseembedded in the various standards documents

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Do High School Computer and AP Courses and SAT Test Scores Help Students Choose STEM Majors in College?

Conference Session: K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Poster Session
Collection: 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Alpaslan Sahin, AggieSTEM Center at Texas A&M University; James R. Morgan, Texas A&M University; Niyazi Erdogan, Texas A&M University
Tagged Divisions: K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

more than 20,000 students.The Texas Harmony charter school system’s mission is “to prepare students for higher learningin a safe, caring, and collaborative atmosphere through a quality learner-centered educationalprogram with a strong emphasis on mathematics, science, engineering, and technology”. 11Harmony students are predominately female (51%), Hispanic (47%), and low SES (56% free orreduced cost lunch).Course offerings at HPS.Texas provides three types of graduation plan: (1) Minimum (2) Recommended Graduation Plan,and (3) Distinguished Graduation Plan. HPS do not offer to their students to graduate withMinimum graduation plan because it only requires students to complete 22 credits in four-yearand they only need to take 3 years science, 3

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Rule the Air! Summer Camp for High School Students

Conference Session: Out-of-School and Informal Activities
Collection: 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Brittany L. Luken, Georgia Institute of Technology; Susan L. Hotle, Georgia Institute of Technology; Laurie Anne Garrow, Georgia Institute of Technology; Christopher Cappelli, Georgia Institute of Technology; Lauren Alise Jones; Margaret-Avis Anyeley Akofio-Sowah, Georgia Institute of Technology; Stefanie Brodie, Georgia Institute of Technology
Tagged Divisions: K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

science from Smith College in 2010 and her M.S. in civil engineering from Georgia Tech in 2011.Miss Stefanie Brodie, Georgia Institute of Technology Stefanie Brodie is a second year graduate student currently pursuing dual master’s degrees in transporta- tion engineering and urban planning with the intent to apply for the Ph.D. program in transportation engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland in civil engineering. Her research interests focus on the interaction of transportation networks and land use through accessibility, especially regarding non-motorized and tran- sit modes of transportation, and the application of that

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Breaking New Ground from the STEM-Up

Conference Session: Broadening Participation
Collection: 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Gary Cruz, Great Minds in STEM; Lupe Munoz Alvarado, Great Minds in STEM
Tagged Divisions: K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

degrees in science, technology, engineering andmathematics. (de los Santos, Keller, Nettles, Payan, & Magallan, 2006) 22.Given population trends, the supply of the future workforce will come from a young, Latinopopulace. As indicated by President Obama (U.S. Department of Education, 2011) 23,“To…secure prosperity for all Americans, we must out-innovate, out-educate, and out-build therest of the world. The Latino community is integral to that plan to win the future.” (p. 7) Asprojections indicate that Latinos will account for 60 percent of the Nation’s population growthbetween 2005 and 2050, their success in education and in the labor market is of criticalimportance to maintaining a competitive American economy.In 2010, there were 17.1 million

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Measuring the Impact of an Elementary School Outreach Program on Students' Attitudes Toward Mathematics and Science

Conference Session: Focus on Elementary
Collection: 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Kelly L. Lundstrom, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara M. Moskal, Colorado School of Mines
Tagged Divisions: K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

to engineers from companies and a nationallaboratory presented sessions on renewable energy topics. Graduate students are paired withteachers during these sessions to collaborate on experiments and projects that deepen theunderstanding of both the graduate students and elementary teachers in mathematics and science.Lesson plans are provided for each of the presentations during the workshop that teachers canreadily use in the elementary classroom. The summer workshop also allows elementary teachersand graduate students to create rapport with one another as they will be supporting one anotherthroughout the academic year and will benefit from having a working relationship formed beforethe academic year begins. Approximately half of the summer

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Engineer Your World: An Innovative Approach to Developing a High School Engineering Design Course

Conference Session: K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Poster Session
Collection: 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Cheryl Farmer, UTeachEngineering; David T. Allen, University of Texas, Austin; Leema Kuhn Berland, University of Texas, Austin; Richard H. Crawford, University of Texas, Austin; Lisa Guerra, NASA
Tagged Divisions: K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. She recently completed a four-year assignment from NASA headquar- ters to establish a systems engineering curriculum at the University of Texas, Austin, as a pilot for national dissemination. Her efforts in systems engineering curriculum can be located at http://spacese.spacegrant.org/. Guerra’s most recent position at NASA Headquarters was Director of the Directorate Integration Office in the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate. In that position, her responsibilities involved strategic planning, international cooperation, cross-directorate coordination, architecture analysis, and exploration control boards. Guerra also spent three years at the Goddard Space Flight Center as Program Integration Manager for

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Engineering in a Fictional World: Early Findings from Integrating Engineering and Literacy

Conference Session: The Role of Engineering in Integrated STEM--uh STEAM--uh Education!
Collection: 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors: Mary McCormick, Tufts University; Morgan M. Hynes, Tufts University
Tagged Divisions: K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

with their abilities to teach engineering 8, 9, 10. However,many teachers have been able to overcome these barriers by using comprehensiveengineering units, such as the Engineering is Elementary (EiE) units, developed byresearchers at the Boston Museum of Science. The EiE units are designed to incorporatea science topic, an engineering discipline, and a design challenge, and provide guidancefor students to learn about and use the engineering design process consisting of five steps:ask, imagine, plan, create, and improve10. Our current research project at TuftsUniversity, entitled Integrating Engineering and Literacy (IEL), takes a similarlyintegrative approach to engineering in elementary curricula, but aims to empowerteachers to incorporate