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Engineers Make a Difference: Motivating Students to Pursue an Engineering Education
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Sustainable Energy Engineering Teacher's Guide
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Aerospace Engineering Teacher's Guide
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Mechanical Engineering Teacher's Guide
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Engineering Principles Teacher's Guide
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Engineering Graphics Teacher's Guide
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Aeronautical Engineering Teacher's Guide
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Civil Engineering Teacher's Guide
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Teaching Engineering Made Easy: A Friendly Introduction to Engineering Activities for Middle School Teachers
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The Musical Engineer: A Music Enthusiast's Guide to Engineering and Technology Careers
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The Fantastical Engineer: A Thrillseeker's Guide to Careers in Theme Park Engineering - Second Edition
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High Tech Hot Shots: Careers in Sports Engineering
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Is There an Engineer Inside You?: A Comprehensive Guide to Career Decisions in Engineering |
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Teaching Engineering in Middle School
| As many of you know, about 4 years ago, I co-authored a book called, Teaching Engineering Made Easy: A Friendly Introduction to Engineering Activities for Middle School Teachers. The book was developed because in all of my travels, many middle school teachers told me that they wanted to begin teaching engineering but didn’t know how or where to start.
To make a long story short, that book became one of the best selling resources that the center produced. Working with award winning teacher, Cathi Cox, the projects were designed to be easy to teach, engaging for students, and the materials to do the projects are easily accessible. They worked well for engineering summer camps, professional development workshops and as filler activities in PLTW programs.
Building on our success of the first book, I'm excited to announce we are releasing volume 2, Teaching Engineering Made Easy 2: Another Friendly Introduction to Engineering Activities for Middle School Teachers. This volume has activities for biomedical, electrical and green engineering! Being a biomedical engineer, this is very exciting for me because I feel that by using the BME activities, it will be easier to capture the attention of middle school girls and get them into your program. Our green/sustainable engineering projects should also be an excellent recruitment and/or retainment tool.
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Written by three women that are trying to change the world, (Elizabeth Parry from North Carolina State University has joined the team), this book is fun, unique and a powerful tool to help students develop a positive image of engineering and get them on the right track in middle school. Take a look! As always, any orders placed before the publication date receive special pricing.
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Posted by Celeste Baine on February 1, 2010
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