More Engineering Resources for K12 Educators and Students

Engineering is a passion of mine. I have a BS Degree in Mechanical Engineering-Aerospace, from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and worked for 10 years as an engineer before making a career change to education. I still do some engineering consulting work also. I use engineering concepts and ideas in my physics class, encourage students to look at engineering as a career, and run an after-school pre-engineering program at my school. I think that engineering is an excellent career choice for many students and the engineering process is a very powerful method of solving problems that all students should learn. I also think that WPI's educational model is one that K12 can use ideas from.

I recently posted about STEM and engineering resources and the emphasis on STEM being placed on schools.

I've posted engineering resources before, but I wanted to share some new ones along with re-sharing some oldies but goodies.




Engineering Interact is a great site to introduce engineering concepts and processes to 9-11 year olds.

The site has 5 different games based on different science topics that give students a chance to learn while playing. The games teach students about the concepts. The concepts are: Light, Sound, Forces and Motion, Earth and Beyond, Electricity.

There are also links to other resources about science and engineering.

This is a great resource for younger students, but the games can be used with older students also.





NASA at Home and City is a great site from NASA that shows examples of how technologies developed for space exploration are used and applied on Earth.

The site is graphic based, easy to use, and very informative. It's a great resource to share with students to show them how developments for one thing can apply to another.