EiE: Engineering & Technology Lessons for Children!
The Engineering is Elementary (EiE) project aims to foster engineering and technological literacy among children. EiE is creating a research-based, standards-based, and classroom-tested curriculum that integrates engineering and technology concepts and skills with elementary science topics. EiE materials also connect with literacy, social studies, and mathematics. Through interesting engineering design challenges children are invited to apply their knowledge of science, engineering, and their problem solving skills, as they design, create, and improve possible solutions.
The Engineering is Elementary project also helps elementary school educators enhance their understanding of engineering concepts and pedagogy through professional development workshops and resources.
News & Events
MATERIALS KITS & REVISED TEACHER GUIDES NOW AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE!
The EiE team has revised the following Teacher Guides to ensure that they coordinate with our new Materials Kits and Kit Refills. The revised Teacher Guides, along with their corresponding Materials Kits and Kit Refills are now available for purchase through the EiE Online Store.
A Sticky Situation: Designing Walls
Water, Water Everywhere: Designing Water Filters
Catching the Wind: Designing Windmills
The Best of Bugs: Designing Hand Pollinators
Just Passing Through: Designing Model Membranes
An Alarming Idea: Designing Alarm Circuits
Sounds Like Fun: Seeing Animal Sounds
IMPORTANT NOTE: Teacher Guides will ship in mid-October 2008. Materials Kits and Refills will not ship until early 2009.
We will be revising the remaining EiE Teacher Guides over the next several months and new versions of the following titles will be available late Fall/early Winter 2008:
To Get to the Other Side: Designing Bridges
Marvelous Machine: Making Work Easier
A Work in Process: Improving a Play Dough Process
The Attraction is Obvious: Designing Maglev Systems
A Stick in the Mud: Evaluating a Landscape
Thinking Inside the Box: Designing Plant Packages
If you have any questions, or would like more information, please contact Emily Young, EiE Store Coordinator, at 617-589-4423, between 9am and 5pm EST.
Have you, your school, or your district recently adopted EiE? Did you know that EiE offers Professional Development workshops that can be tailored to the specific units you are teaching? Click here or contact Valerie at vmaceachern[at]mos.org for more information.
April 8 & 9, 2008 - An eminent group of nationally recognized leaders in education, business, philanthropy, science, media, and government gathered for the dynamic Science Generation: A National Imperative summit at the American Museum of Natural History to expand and accelerate action to remedy America's science education crisis. At this conference, EiE was cited as a promising program that demonstrated success in improving science education. Read the complete release at PRNewswire .
On March 13, 2008, Engineering is Elementary was featured in a Wall Street Journal article on K-12 engineering education. See what they had to say!