June 2019 
Pitch Perfect Engineering 
NASA soccer ball aerodynamics
 
From more aerodynamic soccer balls like those NASA has tested (above) to Team USA's uniforms made from recycled plastic, engineering abounds at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, which kicked off June 7 in France. That even extends to some of the players with engineering backgrounds! This month's activity will score with your soccer fans. Watch them go for the goooall

Students in grades 4 to 9 learn about kinetic energy and forces by  designing and b uilding a kicking machine that delivers a Ping-Pong ball into a cup lying on its side 12 inches away. 


RELATED LESSONS 
Ball Bounce Experiment (Grades 3-5)
Robot Soccer Challenge (Grades 4-8)                              
Report Writing: Athletes and Gravity (Grades 5-7)

Extra: Game-On Soccer, from Chevron's STEM Zone, examines the science of soccer.

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GRADES K-5   |   GRADES 6-8   |   GRADES 9-12
 
Engineer Farah Al-Badarmeh played on Jordan_s national soccer team_ then oversaw renovation of FIFA U-17 venues in 2016
 
Some engineers design soccer stadiums and high-performance sports gear. Others - including several Women's World Cup athletes - actually play the "beautiful game." 
 
Basic research often remains invisible, even though it leads to vital innovations from smartphones to safer cars to weather forecasts. A new website and short video from the National Science Foundation illuminates some of the many breakthroughs that have roots in NSF funding.  
 
Owensville HS students and teacher Kevin Lay react to winning grand prize in 2019 Samsung Solve for Tomorrow contest
 
Competitions can inspire students to pursue STEM. But problem-based learning also can energize and even change teachers, says Missouri science teacher Kevin Lay, whose students won top honors and $100,000 at the 2019 Samsung Solve for Tomorrow contest.   
 
 
Do you have tips or lessons for integrating engineering into your STEM classes? Share them with eGFI Teachers! 
4H students at USDA STEM camp
Help Improve NGSS Instruction

Vickie Grant, a middle school STEM teacher now earning a doctorate in education at Piedmont College in Georgia, is d eveloping an instrument to assess science teacher self-efficacy in teaching engineering. Her research project requires at least 400 middle school science teachers to complete her survey - which should take about 28 minutes.

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Announcements  

NASA Youth Art Contest. -- To celebrate the Apollo moon landing's 50th anniversary, Wallops Flight Visitors Center is hosting an art contest. Entries due June 15. Learn more.

EngineerGirl Essay Winners. -- A princess who saves her pet dragon and bridge-destroying sea serpents are among 2019's top STEM tales. Next year's National Academy of Engineering student-essay contest opens in September.  Learn more. 

STEM VOICES. --  Do you use songs to teach? Enter the Virtual Ongoing Interdisciplinary Collaborations on Educating with Sound contest by  December 31 . Learn more.

STEM Careers . -- Show students what engineers do with Discovering You: Engineering Your World, a new video series from NBCLearn, Chevron, and ASEE. Learn more.

The Accelerator. -- ASEE's blog and free monthly e-newsletter for engineering and engineering education students has scholarships, teaching tips, and news. Learn more. 
 
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