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Low Cost/No Cost Engineering in the Classroom: Pre-College Outreach

Low Cost/No Cost Engineering in the Classroom: Pre-College Outreach. For 2005 Leadership Workshop. Larry Nelson Sr., Precollege Representative Region 1. 13/03/2005 Tucson, AZ / PACE. IEEE Pre-College Outreach (our job).

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Low Cost/No Cost Engineering in the Classroom: Pre-College Outreach

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  1. Low Cost/No Cost Engineering in the Classroom: Pre-College Outreach For 2005 Leadership Workshop Larry Nelson Sr., Precollege Representative Region 1 13/03/2005 Tucson, AZ / PACE

  2. IEEE Pre-College Outreach (our job) • To promote and enhance the level of technological literacy of educators and students. • To increase the interest in math and science by all students.

  3. IEEE Pre-College Outreach (not our job) • Replace Qualified Teachers • Turn Students into Engineers • Tell Teachers How to Teach

  4. What do Children Like to Do?

  5. Robots Airplanes Rockets Buildings Computers Cars Inventions Toys Contests Games Field Trips Sparks Activities

  6. Pre-School Grammar School Middle School High School Church Groups Scouting Library 4-H Country Fairs Community Festivals Museums Ages and Locations

  7. Costs and Commitments • Free to $$$ • Depends on what you want to do and how you do it. • One person for a couple hours. • Many people for hundreds of hours.

  8. Examples

  9. Engineering Club • Low Cost • One Meeting a Month • Single Activity Each Month • Paper Airplane Contest • Paper Tower Contest • Electricity Demo • Computer Activity

  10. Paper Airplanes

  11. Paper Airplane Contest

  12. CO2 Car Race

  13. CO2 Car Race

  14. CO2 Car Race

  15. Hands On Demo Time

  16. Tower of Paper

  17. Tower of Paper

  18. Solar Sprint • Moderate Cost - Kit Purchase $30ea • Weekly Meeting • Use Recycled components for Construction • Local Contest or Regional Contests • 5th grade and up for students

  19. Solar Sprint Construction

  20. Solar Sprint Car

  21. Solar Sprint Race

  22. Solar Sprint Winners

  23. Model Rocket or Plane • Demonstrations • Build and Fly • Design Build and Fly • Use Your Hobby to an Advantage

  24. Rocket Launch (2nd Grade)

  25. Rocket Launch

  26. Electronics Demo • Van De Graaff Generator • Sparks and Fancy Demonstrations • Always a BIG hit • Wimhurst Generator • Tesla Coil

  27. Robotics • Demo Hero or other robot • Lego Mindstorms Demo • Lego Mindstorms Hands On • $220 per kit and needs computer

  28. Lego Mindstorms

  29. Lego Mindstorms Demo

  30. High School First Robotics

  31. Demo Time 5th Grade Brainstorming Session

  32. Transportation Problem

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