What I wish I’d learned in school Clark usually provides something interesting to think about. This post is no exception.…
scratch
http://scratch.mit.edu/ Scratch Program interactive stories, games, and animations — and share creations with others in the online community. Think creatively,…
readability
What do you think? Are these stories readable? If you like the story, that’s great. But can middle school kids…
spaghetti tower
http://engineering4kids.wikispaces.com/Spaghetti+tower Today we made Spaghetti Towers. We talked a bit about towers and structures. Triangles were stronger than squares. Materials…
20th century’s greatest engineering achievements
Interest in the 20th century’s greatest engineering achievements. http://www.greatachievements.org/ Can you take a rough poll of your kids and see…
favorite things…
Engineers modify the world to adapt it to our needs. Engineering design is focused on what can be. The Greatest…
Statue of Liberty
In addition to being a great inspiration and a symbol of freedom and life in a new land, the Statue…
‘Prosthetic Tentacle’ Invented As Alternative To Artificial Limbs
from Huffington Post Kaylene Kau from Taipei made the remarkable invention as part of a design school project. The limb…
Why Programming Teaches So Much More Than Technical Skills feedly
published on MindShift // visit site Why Programming Teaches So Much More Than Technical Skills TB If your local school…
women in engineering
We are interested in the education and work of women as engineers. There seem to be a couple of big…
Impressive animation of a 5-part footbridge with a novel cantilevered fan design.
Bleriot XI – the oldest flyable aircraft in the world!
This Bleriot XI is airworthy (although it is now limited to straight hops across the grass airfield at Old Warden)…
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DS_Act_Guide_complete.pdf tags: k-8 engineering activities New Principle of Wind Generated Electricity Discovered | Interesting Engineering “Ewicon, which is shortage of…
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Short Sharp Science: Bionic hands enter the app age ” smartphone app: a tap of the screen and the hand…
engineering 4 kids
This is a work in progress, but we think it is a reasonable way to go. Think Wikipedia meets Boys…
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