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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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Roller Coaster 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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Life is Engineering Educational Poster Series
 A friend and I sat down one day and began a long discussion about youth, ethnic and gender cultures. I was looking for more ways to reach underserved populations and she, being an art professor, was working on a gallery show about why girls are drawn to ballet.
On the surface, it appeared that our projects were worlds apart from each other. As we dug deeper and traded ideas, I soon learned that engineering can learn from art and art can learn from engineering. Each has the ability to enhance the other.
After many discussions, the bells finally began to go off in my head. If we want to inspire underserved populations, we need to use references that they admire, understand and enjoy. In other words, we need to understand their culture and transform our behavior instead of requiring them to bend to us and our way of doing things.
This seems so obvious - why don't we do it more?
Check out our new educational poster series...
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Posted by Celeste Baine on October 19, 2010
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From Patty OBrien Novak - Celeste - I really like this new Life is Engineering Poster Series, especially the music one! Already thinking of how I want to use it!
Patty
Posted on November 1, 2010 at 5:00 pm PST
From Rainie Ingram - I agree 100%  Keep up the amazing work!
Posted on October 19, 2010 at 9:15 am PST
From Pete Mickelson - Like, why not tell them "engineering" simply means "practicing ingenuity" -- like a "farmer" practices "farming."  Or, tell them that "art" simply means "the ability to make things" -- like an artisan at work.  After kindergarten, our "Art" teachers are the kids' last vestige of engineering.
Like someone once said: "Life is Engineering"
There's simply no truer statement;  from figuring out how to turn over in your crib to figuring out how to to use a rake or avoid hitting a pedestrian, we use ingenuity every day!  Why don't we say so???
Posted on October 19, 2010 at 10:29 am PST
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