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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