Conference Session

PreK-12 Track -. Technical Session III

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Bhumi Mevawala, Engineers on Wheels; Angelique Tucker, Engineers on Wheels; Amanda Rose Basantis, Engineers on Wheels; Elizabeth Beatty, Engineers on Wheels; Joseph Egan, Engineers on Wheels; Kauser Jahan, Rowan University

Tagged Topics

Pre K-12 Education

students who are participating inprovided activities over a 6-week span to each school that the EOW program, through Rowan University’s Engineeringwas visited. The impact on students is best measured from Program. These activities are intentionally selected to bethe survey results. The main focus this semester was the 6th both engaging for the age group, while still stimulating angrade science class at Orchard Valley Middle School where interest in engineering education. The collegians serve not41 students were analyzed. At the school, a brief survey was only as facilitators of EOW sessions, but also as role models,conducted to assess how much the students knew prior to allowing the elementary and middle

Conference Session

Pre-K12 Track - Technical Session II

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Jacqueline Handley, University of Michigan; Elizabeth Birr Moje

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Pre K-12 Education

display these skills on school-type tasks” [30].We maintain that it behooves researchers to conduct inquiry around the informal or every-dayengineering practices of young people in the service of increasing accessibility of engineeringcontent and practices. This focus of inquiry can begin to create counternarratives [31] totraditional deficit models of students learning engineering. We seek to expand work in this area by exploring youth engagement in one specific facetof engineering design as defined by the NGSS: Problem Definition and Delimitation [21].Taking steps to understand how youth define and delimit problems in their everyday lives beginsto reveal connection points between informal and formal spaces that can be leveraged to

Conference Session

Pre K-12 Track - Technical Session VI

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Suzanne Sontgerath, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Ryan Nicole Meadows, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Pre K-12 Education

program assistants and 4 high school mentors. The hours of instruction arefrom 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM each day with a one-hour break for lunch. During the course of the week, thestudents in grades 4-6 work in teams of three using one Lego Mindstorms® kit to build and program acompetitive robot. Students participate in a project based learning environment where there is anemphasis on collaboration, communication and critical thinking. At the end of the one-week session, thereis a team competition to determine the most successful robot. Awards are also given for teamwork,communication and sportsmanship.Historically, the programs have been population by a majority of boys. Some sections of robotics onlyhad one girl in a class of 30 students. As the

Conference Session

Pre K-12 Track - Technical Session V

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Michael Frye, University of the Incarnate Word; Chaoyi Wang, University of the Incarnate Word; Sreerenjini C. Nair, University of the Incarnate Word; Yvonne Calvo Burns, Camp Program Coordinator

Tagged Topics

Pre K-12 Education

effects of uncertainty in complex nonlinear dynamics; such as seen in autonomous vehicle systems. Dr. Frye is the PI and Laboratory Director for the Autonomous Vehicle Systems Lab sponsored by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.Ms. Chaoyi Wang, University of the Incarnate Word Chaoyi Wang is an International Ph.D. student at UIW. She has been a part-time middle teacher in China. From her teaching experiences, she recognized the different cultures and realized the importance of stu- dent interaction and engagement. So, she came to the United State and pursed her master’s degree in UIW MAA program, concentration on organizational leadership. Right now, she is pursuing a doctorate in Organizational Leadership at

Conference Session

Pre-K12 Track - Technical Session II

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Ardice Hartry, University of California, Berkeley; Maia Werner-Avidon, MWA Insights; Sherry Hsi, Concord Consortium; Ariel J. Ortiz, Lawrence Hall of Science; Kathryn Chong Quigley, Lawrence Hall of Science

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Pre K-12 Education

specialized interests (Itoet al., 2009), but it has expanded to be used as a way to describe informal learning experiencesthat seek to support these interactions.High-school aged youth can participate in the weekend program as long a single semester to aslong as four years. Each year, new teenagers are recruited to participate when other teensgraduate. Each cohort of 25 interns includes five returning interns who lead a group of five newinterns. At the start of a 10-week long session, youth in teams are presented with a designchallenge: to imagine then create an engaging and educational visitor experience. Interns work inteams to communicate their ideas effectively with one another as they exchange information andconcepts, and engage in peer-to-peer