In 1919, the Army embarked on a transcontinental road test. Inching over mountain trails and dirt tracks, the convoy (video, above) took 62 days to reach San Francisco from Washington, D.C. The experience fueled one officer's lifelong interest in good roads. Decades later, as President, Dwight D. Eisenhower drove the creation of the interstate system - expanding commerce, tourism, and... traffic. This month's activity marking the 65th anniversary of the Federal Highway Act on June 29 will rev your transportation engineers into action. See who shifts mental gears!
BONUS READ: Ike's Interstate at 50, a National Archives short history of President Eisenhower's role in catalyzing the creation of a national highway network.
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Bonus: Explore the world of transportation engineering with Go! - a free e-zine for teens from Iowa State University's Midwest Transportation Center.
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Acting as civil engineers, students in grades 9-12 research how to best use piezoelectric materials to detect road damage. They set up model roads, create their own experiment procedures, and analyze voltage changes caused by the vibrations of simulated vehicles, then write up and present their research about how roads can be assessed for damage and need for maintenance.
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Potholes are a perennial problem that can slow traffic, damage vehicles from bikes to trucks, and cost billions to repair. But engineers are riding to the rescue with new materials - including roads that repair themselves.
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Whether it's learning the engineering of sports, the basics or computer-aided design, or how storybooks can inspire kindergarten design projects, the American Society for Engineering Education's P-12 Commission has an online summer engineering camp to match the interests of K-12 students.
Week-long sessions June 14-July 15. Taught by engineering faculty and graduate students!
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June 21, 22 & 23, from noon – 4 p.m. ET
ASEE professional members ($149); ASEE P-12 and student members ($49); non-members ($199)
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Planning a road trip this summer? Whether you're heading to a beach, national park, or grandma's house, there are plenty of engineering landmarks to admire along the way — including the interstate highway system along which most travelers must pass. Check out eGFI's list of engineering destinations worth braking for!
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Student Contests & Summer STEM Programs |
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U.S. middle and high school students in congressional districts nationwide gain hands-on practice with coding and computer science by designing apps. Registration opens June 24. Apps due Nov. 1, 2021.
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As NASA prepares for the Artemis I mission around the Moon that will pave the way to send the first woman and the first person of color to the lunar surface, the space agency has launched a contest to name the suited manikin, or "Moonikin," that will fly aboard Orion to help gather data before crewed missions. Eight names are eligible, but only one will win!
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Carnegie Mellon University's six-week intensive summer course for current U.S. high school sophomores and juniors moves online this year, with classes from July 6- August 6, a STEM summit Aug. 8-15, and networking sessions in the fall. Application includes transcripts and student essay. Orientation June 26; classes begin July 6.
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Educator Resources, Grants & Opportunities |
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Learn skills and tools to help you integrate engineering and design in your P-12 STEM classes with hands-on digital workshops from TeachEngineering, the University of Colorado Boulder's digital library of teacher-tested, research-based engineering curriculum. ASEE endorsed!
Two 2-day workshops, covering different topics, take place August 9-10 and August 11-12.
Sign up and learn more HERE.
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Oak Ridge Associated Universities, a consortium of higher education institutions, national research labs, and other expertise, offers free online summer programs for P-12 teachers and students.
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Join educators from around the world for STEMTeachersNYC's online professional development courses. Subjects range from quantum computing and biotechnology to culturally responsive K-5 science and NGSS-aligned unit development, with FREE institutes on responsive mathematical discourse (K-5) teaching in July Register by June 30.
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Bring the excitement of future lunar expeditions to your middle school classroom.
“Landing Humans on the Moon” features four standards-aligned activities to help students learn about the Moon and create a model of a human landing system for lunar expeditions.
Visit the site to download the guide and watch video demonstrations of the activities.
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WPI's STEM Education Center is moving its interactive, high-quality professional learning offerings online this summer, including its engaging Seeds of STEM NGSS-aligned curriculum for PreK-K classrooms.
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NSTA's Daily Do Playlists are instructional sequences of two or more lessons that help students coherently build science ideas over time. Lessons have been updated to facilitate remote learning.
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The National Energy Educational Development Project (NEED) offers free, live virtual energy education workshops and other professional learning opportunities for P-12 teachers in subjects from electricity to climate science to solar, wind, and nuclear energy.
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Engineering Career-Exploration Resources |
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STEM Careers. -- Show students what engineers do with Discovering You: Engineering Your World, a new video series from NBCLearn, Chevron, and ASEE.
Chemical Engineering Careers. -- YouTube series launched by the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation aims to convey the major positive impact that chemical engineers and scientists have on society. Each video includes a proposed lesson for incorporating the cutting edge research into the classroom.
NASA Internships. -- High school, college, and grad students can work with engineers and scientists on sending the first woman to the moon and other missions.
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ASEE-eGFI Engineering Education @ Home |
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Explore eGFI: Helpful Links |
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Whether you seek timely, authentic engineering activities, teaching resources, or professional development opportunities, ASEE's free eGFI Teachers newsletter is your go-to source for STEM! |
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