engineering learning lab activities

Here are several links to sites that provide suggestions for hands-on engineering activities for elementary and middle school engineering learning labs. Some activities looks like fun. Many have been tested in actual classrooms.

• Engineering is Elementary® | Educator Resources – Login
  “Content Connections Multimedia Resources Supporting Documents Student Assessments”

• Engineering is Elementary | Engineering Adventures: Units
  “All of our units guide kids to use the Engineering Design Process to help them engineer solutions to problems.”

• Play Games – TryEngineering
  “Sometimes the best way to understand what engineers do is to try your hand at it! The following are links to several engineering games on the internet to give you a first hand try at the problem solving skills engineers employ every day!”

• Lesson Plans – TryEngineering
  “TryEngineering offers a variety of lesson plans that align with education standards to allow teachers and students to apply engineering principles in the classroom. “

• Engineering Activities for the Elementary Classroom | eHow.com
  “Understanding the engineering process means understanding the way things work and how technology helps advance society. Leading children through engineering discoveries is to lead children through natural curiosity and learning experiences. “

• Teacher Resources – The Works
  “Elementary Engineering Curricula & Resources”