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Engineering - Go For It!
An online magazine for kids, parents and teachers complete with lesson plans, etc. published by ASEE, the American Society for Engineering Education.  A great resource! 
http://teachers.egfi-k12.org for teacher resources, lesson plans, etc.
http://www.egfi-k12.org/ for the magazine.


Teachers' Domain
is a resource for digital media for the classroom and professional development. Teachers' Domain has launched a new collection of media resources that looks at earth sciences from the perspective of the people of Alaska.  In this collection, students learn both Native ways of knowing nature, and ongoing scientific research about Alaska's unique geology and how climate change and development are affecting the region.
http://cts.vresp.com/c/?WGBH/77d651173f/7d8283b366/98a26d19d8

ASCEVILLE
Resources for educators, parents and engineers.  Help guide our future civil engineers.
http://content.asce.org/asceville/

Engineer Your Life
A guide to engineering for high school girls.
http://www.engineeryourlife.org/

BP Educational Service

Providing innovative curriculum-linked teaching resources for primary and secondary schools and colleges
http://www.bp.com/retailhomepage.do?categoryId=8040&contentId=7037096

PBS DESIGN SQUAD
Engineers have led a technological revolution that has improved the quality of our lives, yet many kids and adults alike do not understand how the technology they use in their daily lives works. They are also unclear about the engineer's role in society or even what an engineer does.

Design Squad is one of the few places on TV where kids can learn about engineering.
The specific educational goals of the Design Squad television series, web site and outreach events are to: increase students' knowledge of engineering and the design process, improve the public image of engineering, encourage further exploration.
http://pbskids.org/designsquad/


National Center for Educational Statistics Kids' Zone

The NCES Kids' Zone provides information to help you learn about schools; decide on a college; find a public library; engage in several games, quizzes and skill building about math, probability, graphing, and mathematicians; and to learn many interesting facts about education.
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/

National Science Digital Library
The STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Gateways and Resources collection is comprised of web portals, web sites, and individual digital resources identified by National Science Digital Library staff as appropriate for inclusion in the Library. Many of the materials to be found here were suggested by NSDL users. The collection includes portals, sites, and resources devoted to educational theory and practice, particularly ideas and practices in the teaching of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, as well as resources and gateways that focus on the uses of technology in the classroom. Here may be found materials for those who teach in formal settings (prekindergarten through graduate school) and informal settings, as well as materials for educational researchers, educational-technology researchers, and educational-technology developers.
http://nsdl.org/collection/stem-education/

National Science Teachers Association
The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) is the largest organization in the world committed to promoting excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning for all. NSTA's current membership of 60,000 includes science teachers, science supervisors, administrators, scientists, business and industry representatives, and others involved in and committed to science education.NSTA’s Mission: “ … to promote excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning for all.”
http://www.nsta.org/

American Society for Engineering Education K12 Center
The ASEE EngineeringK12 Center seeks to identify and gather in one place the most effective engineering education resources available to the K-12 community. It works to enhance achievement in pre-college science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education by promoting the effective application of engineering principles to K-12 curricula.
http://www.engineeringk12.org/

Learn, Connect, and Create
with high-quality teaching and learning resources in applied science and math, engineering, computer science/information technology, and engineering technology for use by K-12 and university educators and students.
http://www.engineeringpathway.com/ep/?_requestid=17838

Electronics for Kids
 Wouldn't it be great to understand how and why electronic devices work? You can learn about the basics of electronics by looking at magnetism, static electricity and simple circuits with some very simple experiments. Maybe you have already done some of these science experiments.
http://users.stargate.net/~eit/kidspage.htm

Science News for Kids is a new Web site devoted to science news for children of ages 9 to 14.  Our goal is to offer timely items of interest to kids, accompanied by suggestions for hands-on activities, books, articles, Web resources, and other useful materials.
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/pages/about.asp

Volcano World  VW is a higher education, k-12, and public outreach project of the Oregon Space Grant Consortium administered by the Department of Geosciences at Oregon State University.

http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/

NASA For Kids
http://nasascience.nasa.gov/kids

NASA For Educators
http://nasascience.nasa.gov/educators/earth-science-education-catalog

The following links are provided by Celeste Baine of the Engineering Education Service Center,
http://www.engineeringedu.com/celestes_blog/2008/12/topten.html

Engineering the Future (EtF): Science, Technology, and the Design Process (www.keypress.com/etf) is a laboratory course for the first year of high school science, created to help a broad spectrum of students. EtF is a full-year lab course organized around four projects, each of which is divided into several tasks. The entire course can be implemented on a modest budget.

Engineering is Elementary - This project develops curricular materials in engineering and technology education for children in grades K-5 (www.mos.org). Educator support includes lesson plans, assessment materials, and professional development programs that tie into other major content areas, including science and language arts.
Project Lead the Way (PLTW) - is a non-profit organization that promotes engineering courses for middle (Gateway to Technology) and high school (Pathway to Engineering) students.  The program formally partners with school districts, trains the instructors that will be teaching and implementing the curriculum, and acts as a bridge between educational institutions and private businesses. (www.pltw.org)

The Infinity Project is a national high school and early college math- and science-based engineering and technology education initiative that helps educators deliver a maximum of engineering exposure with a minimum of training, expense and time.  Created to help students see the real value of math and science and its varied applications to high tech engineering.  (www.infinity-project.org)

The Ford Partnership for Advanced Studies (Ford PAS) is an academically rigorous, interdisciplinary curriculum and program that provides students with content knowledge and skills necessary for future success in such areas as business, economics, engineering, and technology.  The inquiry and project-based program offers a series of modules that links learning in traditional academic subjects with the challenges students will face in post-secondary education. (www.fordpas.org)

Materials World Modules focus on materials engineering – books, kits and training for middle and high school students. (www.materialsworldmodules.org)

Salvadori Center focuses on improving children’s content understanding and problem-solving skills by using project-based learning that focuses on the built environment. (www.salvadori.org)

Stuff That Works is technology curriculum for the elementary grades.  City Technology introduces children across the country to the basics of design technology through curriculum materials, teacher resources, and professional development. (citytechnology.ccny.cuny.edu)

Children Designing and Engineering - Produced by the College of New Jersey, Children Designing and Engineering are teacher instructional guides that describe how to adapt activities for different populations, and provide hints for managing design-based learning. (www.childrendesigning.org)

Teachengineering.org - Funded as part of the NSF-supported National Science Digital Library (NSDL) to provide educational resources for STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education.  TeachEngineering.org is a searchable, web-based digital library collection populated with standards-based engineering curricula for use by K-12 teachers and engineering faculty. (www.teachengineering.org)

Pitsco’s Engineering Academy is a continuum of hands-on curriculum that provides engaging, standards based content in STEM.  Three years of teacher-led, student responsible projects are presented with real-world engineering fields and contexts such as aeronautical, mechanical, civil, rocketry, robotic, automotive and green engineering. Each engineering context spans nine weeks (one quarter) of content and experiences. Contact Josh Gaddy

PCS Edventures Academy of Engineering (AOE) is a mobile engineering laboratory that combines hands-on activities with either Fischertechnik® or LEGO® Manipulatives to teach students science, technology, engineering, math, architecture, communications, robotics and more.  It’s a STEM solution with hundreds of hours of course work and activities.  The program also includes online teacher training, student assessment and support, and a virtual online community that includes quarterly engineering challenges and at-home extensions (www.edventures.com/AOE).
Electronic Circuits for the Evil Genius provides about 100 hours of electronic hardware training for ages 13+. Meets Canadian standards for high school electronics classes (www.elxevilgenius.com).


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