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Engineering Design in Your STEM Classroom or Club
Stacy S. Klein-Gardner, Ph.D.
Director, Center for STEM Education for Girls Harpeth Hall School, Nashville, TN
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• Introduction to Technology and Engineering Activities, with thanks to Engineering is Elementary • The TeachEngineering.org website with examples • Innovation Portal and the engineering design process portfolio scoring rubric (EDPPSR) • Brainstorm engineering in your classroom or club
What comes to mind when you hear the word “ technology ” ?
Technology in a Bag
• What is the technology?
• What does your technology do? What problem does it solve?
• How else could you use it?
• What material is it made of?
• What other materials could it be made of?
Engineering is Elementary defines technology as:
Anything human-made that is used to solve a problem or fulfill a desire.
Technology can be an object, a system or a process.
What is Engineering?
What is the problem?
You need to solve this problem. What do you want to know before you start?
Using verbs, describe what you did during the design process.
The Engineering Design Process Criteria Constraints Sci. info
IMAGINE
Brainstorming No evaluation
ASK THE GOAL
To solve a problem by developing or improving a technology
PLAN IMPROVE CREATE
And test Get specific with one idea
TeachEngineering.org
• National digital library • Free resource
Innovation Portal • http://www.innovationportal.org
• Free resource
How can I help?