- Engineers develop better method for cleaning up orbiting space junk — ScienceDaily
- According to NASA, there are more than 27,000 pieces of space debris bigger than the size of a softball currently orbiting Earth, and they are traveling at speeds of up to 17,500 mph, fast enough f…
- The Engineering Design Process for Kids – Momgineer
- STEM challenges are not crafts. There is a crafting aspect, but it is important that the activities have a basis in some math, science, or technology concept. The building phase is fun, and most ki…
- Home – Higher Education Services
- Watch Dr. Sorby’s TEDx talk in which she shares how her interests in spatial training developed, and the impact spatial training can have on students of all ages.
- Gateways to Success in STEM: Sketching and Spatial Visualization – edWeb
- Spatial visualization (SV) is the ability to think in 3D. Did you know that up to 60% of students in STEM programs have weak SV skills? This skills gap can lead to difficulty in engineering, techno…
- Coca Cola launches a bottle made from 100% plant-based plastic
- We are seeing some promising advances in the world of plant-based plastics, and not just from research groups at the cutting edge of materials science, but from traditional purveyors of petroleum-b…
- TKOR – YouTube
- We make videos dedicated to exploring life through all kinds of life hacks, experiments, and random weekend projects.There is excitement found in discovering the unknown, so join us and let’s bui…
- Seating Innovations’ Chairs are Mounted to the Floor, But Don’t Have Legs – Core77
- The suspended seating system is freestanding and mounts directly to the floor. The cantilever frame system is typically concealed behind the finish panel and underneath the footrest, thus giving th…
- NASA’s All-Electric X-57 Maxwell Jet Will Make Its First Flight Next Year
- NASA is nearing the first test flight of its battery-powered aircraft, the X-57 Maxwell, a report from The Verge explains. NASA’s series of X planes are designed to push the limits of aircraft…
- Explore STEM Resources for K-12 Educators | NASA
- It’s Elementary: Resources for K-4 EducatorsClassroom Combos — Resource Collections To Teach STEM Topics Two astronauts working in the International Space Station Newton’s Laws Classroom Com…
- Meet LEONARDO – a bipedal robot who can ride a skateboard and walk a tightrope — Born to Engineer
- LEONARDO (LEgs ONboARD drOne, or LEO for short) works by combining two different locomotion mechanisms.The robot can achieves complex manoeuvres that require delicate balancing, such as walking on…
- Happy Ada Lovelace Day – 6 Things You Might Not Know About Ada Lovelace — Born to Engineer
- 4. In 1843, Lovelace published her greatest contribution to computer science, the translation and appended notes of Babbage’s lecture about his Analytical Engine, a proposed general-purpose compu…
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- Webinar Registration Pending Approval – Zoom
- Start planning your Engineers Week and Introduce a Girl to Engineering activities!At this webinar, we’ll share ideas you can use in both virtual and in-person settings, and unveil this year
- Developing Spatial Thinking Sample Teaching & Learning Resources – Module 3 – Isometric Sketch from Y on Vimeo
- “sample video resources available as of August 2016 to support the Developing Spatial Thinking curriculum. Video resources include mini-lecture presentations that introduce each module in the…
- LEONARDO, the bipedal robot, can ride a skateboard and walk a slackline — ScienceDaily
- LEO carves out a new type of locomotion somewhere between walking and flying.Researchers at Caltech have built a bipedal robot that combines walking with flying to create a new type of locomotion,…
- Hand-cranked washing machines given to refugees — Born to Engineer
- “The machines require no electricity, are extremely robust and have been designed to be simple to operate and easy to repair.Navjot Sawhney – a former University of Bath engineering student…
- Connect the Dots: Isometric Drawing and Coded Plans – Activity – TeachEngineering
- Students learn about isometric drawings and practice sketching on triangle-dot paper the shapes they make using multiple simple cubes. They also learn how to use coded plans to envision objects and…
- Pentomino – Wikipedia
- “a polygon in the plane made of 5 equal-sized squares connected edge-to-edge. When rotations and reflections are not considered to be distinct shapes, there are 12 different free pentominoes….
- Spatial Reasoning Test: oObYA23eiG4q
- “This test contains 8 questionsYou should attempt to answer as many questions as you canThis is a time pressured test – work as quickly and accurately as you canYou have 2 ¼ minutes to answer…
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