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Resources for Educators
This page has been included here just for teachers who would like to incorporate engineering materials into their classrooms. If you are looking for curriculum materials or other useful resources the following links may be useful. If you are aware of other useful resources that should be included here, please let us know by emailing us here at EngineerGirl!.
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Big Deal Books
Big Deal Books are print and electronic publications that offer resources for educators, while serving specific audiences including K-12 technology professionals and educators of English language learners (ELL). The newsletters often contain information about grants and other attainable funding for special programs and plans, rich resources for 21st century skills, professional development training opportunities, free and inexpensive finds including standards-based lessons, inexpensive materials and help with research and assessment.
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Design Squad Online Workshop
Experience the design process in action. Watch an engineering activity, and get great resources. This workshop is perfect for anyone who would like to learn how to incorporate engineering activities into their work with kids. When you finish the training you'll find links to engineering resources for kids of all ages!
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Engineering Education Service Center
The Engineering Education Service Center (EESC) is an engineering education company that specializes in providing products for K-12 schools to teach and share the fun of engineering. They provide curriculum, books, DVDs, posters, T-shirts and other motivational products, as well as useful links. They aim to make engineering understandable and accessible to everyone.
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Engineering Pathway
If you are looking for resources and information for your classroom, Engineering Pathway is a wonderful place to start. This site is a portal to high-quality teaching and learning resources in applied science and math, engineering, computer science/information technology, and engineering technology for use by K-12 and university educators and students.
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Ford Partnership for Advanced Studies (PAS)
Ford PAS is an academically rigorous, standards-based curriculum for high school students that challenges them to integrate academic learning with realistic applications. EngineerGirl! has partnered with Ford PAS to give you access to the curriculum and everything Ford PAS has to offer. This link will take you to our Ford PAS information page where you can download curriculum and module descriptions and to learn how to set up an account.
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Intel Design and Discovery
Intel’s Design and Discovery Webpage includes free inquiry-based curriculum for students aged 11-15. The activities on this site would be most appropriate for informal education settings where students have plenty of time for design and hand-on activities.
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National Grid School Power
The National Grid Education programme ‘School Power’ is a new online education programme based in the UK. It includes engaging facts, presentations, interactive stories, activities and fun experiments around the area of power. The resources are aimed at 4 to 11 year olds, their teachers and parents, and are designed to inspire and motivate children in learning about science and technology. All the materials are curriculum-linked and have been specifically developed for use on classroom interactive whiteboards, as well as personal computers.
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Teach Engineering
The TeachEngineering digital library provides teacher-tested, standards-based engineering content for K-12 teachers to use in science and math classrooms. Engineering lessons connect real-world experiences with curricular content already taught in K-12 classrooms. Mapped to educational content standards, TeachEngineering's comprehensive curricula are hands-on, free, and relevant to children's daily lives.
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Teachers Domain
Teachers’ Domain is an online library of more than 1,000 free resources from the best in public television. These classroom resources, featuring media from NOVA, Frontline, Design Squad, American Experience, and other public broadcasting and content partners are easy to use and correlate to state and national standards. Look under "Science" to find their engineering section which includes over 250 resources.
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TryEngineering
This website is an engineering careers portal that contains resources for teachers, parents, counselors and students as well as a variety of lesson plans for various ages. You can search through the lessons by age or category.
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