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Explore an engaging agenda packed with hands-on engineering, robotics, and space teaching resources for K-8 educators. This initiative includes exciting programs like the Engineering Design Challenge, Teaching from Space, and Design Squad that ignite students' creativity and problem-solving skills. Discover how to leverage NASA and NSF videos, applications, and educational resources, such as SciGirls and Dean of Invention, to inspire the next generation of innovators. Ideal for educators seeking to integrate STEM in their classrooms with practical, fun activities.
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Betsy Wilkening Wilson K-8 School ewilkening99@gmail.com Hands-On Engineering for Pennies
AGENDA • NASA • Robotics • Engineering Design Challenge • Teaching from Space • Design Squad • SciGirls • Videos/Applications • NSF • Dean of Invention • NOVA : Making Stuff • PolarTREC
NASA • Robotics http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/robotics/home/index.html • Engineering Design Challengeshttp://eto.nasa.gov/challenge.html • Teaching From Space http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/teachingfromspace/home/index.html
Design Squad • Home Page http://pbskids.org/designsquad/index.html • Resources http://pbskids.org/designsquad/parentseducators/resources/index.html?category=electricity
SciGirls • Student Page http://pbskids.org/scigirls/index • Teacher Page http://www.pbs.org/teachers/scigirls/ • brainSTEM game http://www.pbs.org/teachers/scigirls/print/ • SciGirls appreciates your feedback on brainSTEM. Please email questions or comments to scigirls@tpt.org. Requests for paper copies of the game board are also welcome.
NSF: Green Revolution • Videos on http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/greenrevolution/ • Wind • Solar • Green Roofs • Smart Grid • City Car • Microbes • Hydrogen • Electric Vehicles
Dean of Invention • Dean Kamen http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/dean-of-invention/dean-of-invention.html • Episodes can be downloaded from United Streaming
NOVA • Making Stuff http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/making-stuff.html • Stronger • Smaller • Smarter • Cleaner
PolarTREC Robotics • SCINI Robot Under Sea Ice http://www.polartrec.com/expeditions/antarctic-undersea-rov-09 • http://scini.mlml.calstate.edu/
Wissard: Subglacial Study • Sub-Ice ROVer http://www.wissard.org/science/science_instrumentation/SIR • http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/assignment_7&id=7971987 • PolarTREC site http://www.polartrec.com/expeditions/antarctic-sub-glacial-lake-and-stream-studies