Autonomous Vehicles in Oakland
This ETP lays the groundwork for an eight-week project-based learning curriculum unit to explore the complexities of solving an engineering problem that combines technical challenges and ethical considerations.
Gone with the Wind- Building a Sailcar
Students will learn about wind as a type of renewable energy--and how its kinetic energy can be transferred to another object--by building a wind-powered car.
Storytelling & Insights with Data
In this ETP, students will analyze presented data to evaluate and propose solutions to complex real-world problems. Specifically, they will review data and technical considerations related to the design of battery modules.
Virtual World Brief
“The incredible thing about the [VR/AR] technology is that you feel like you’re actually present in another place with other people. People who try it say it’s different from anything they’ve ever experienced in their lives.” Mark Zuckerberg.
Maker Projects: Bridges Into Design Thinking
The purpose of this ETP is to provide physics teachers a bite-sized approach to begin implementing design thinking into their scope and sequence.
Catapults -Conducting Fair Tests to Guide the Engineering Design Process
The main objective of the lesson is to provide 4th grade students with an opportunity to experience the engineering design process.
MakerEd Integration For any Subject
This is an example lesson, plus supporting coaches’ documentation, for an integrated maker ed, PBL lesson. It should be seen as a “cooking” technique into which an educator may insert their own curricular ingredients and seasonings.
Collaborative Design, Build & Deliver
The days of cookie cutter jobs and cookie cutter workers are rapidly ending. Automation and artificial intelligence will replace many jobs that exist today. The jobs that remain will require creativity, collaboration and flexibility – the so-called "21st-Century skills."
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Fostering 21st Century Skills - Engineering Design Process/ STEM Challenge
During my fellowship at Lockheed Martin, I learned about critical communication skills and the engineering and design process in the creation of satellites. The goal of this ETP is to introduce and practice the engineering design process through a hands on STEM challenge.