low cost/no cost engineering in the classroom: pre-college outreach

Low Cost/No Cost Engineering in the

Classroom: Pre-College Outreach

Larry Nelson Sr., Precollege Representative Region 1

For 2005 Leadership Workshop

13/03/2005 Tucson, AZ / PACE

IEEE Pre-College Outreach (our job)

To promote and enhance the level of technological literacy of educators and students.

To increase the interest in math and science by all students.

IEEE Pre-College Outreach (not our job)

Replace Qualified Teachers Turn Students into Engineers Tell Teachers How to Teach

What do Children Like to Do?

Activities

Robots Airplanes Rockets Buildings Computers Cars

Inventions Toys Contests Games Field Trips Sparks

Ages and Locations

Pre-School Grammar School Middle School High School Church Groups Scouting

Library 4-H Country Fairs Community

Festivals Museums

Costs and Commitments

Free to $$$ Depends on what you want to do and

how you do it. One person for a couple hours. Many people for hundreds of hours.

Examples

Engineering Club

Low Cost One Meeting a Month Single Activity Each Month Paper Airplane Contest Paper Tower Contest Electricity Demo Computer Activity

Paper Airplanes

Paper Airplane Contest

CO2 Car Race

CO2 Car Race

CO2 Car Race

Hands On Demo Time

Tower of Paper

Tower of Paper

Solar Sprint

Moderate Cost - Kit Purchase $30ea Weekly Meeting Use Recycled components for

Construction Local Contest or Regional Contests 5th grade and up for students

Solar Sprint Construction

Solar Sprint Car

Solar Sprint Race

Solar Sprint Winners

Model Rocket or Plane

Demonstrations Build and Fly Design Build and Fly Use Your Hobby to an Advantage

Rocket Launch (2nd Grade)

Rocket Launch

Electronics Demo

Van De Graaff Generator Sparks and Fancy Demonstrations Always a BIG hit Wimhurst Generator Tesla Coil

Robotics

Demo Hero or other robot Lego Mindstorms Demo Lego Mindstorms Hands On $220 per kit and needs computer

Lego Mindstorms

Lego Mindstorms Demo

High School First Robotics

Demo Time

5th Grade Brainstorming Session

Transportation Problem