EiE: Engineering & Technology Lessons for Children!

Problem Solving, Inquiry, and Innovation®

The Engineering is Elementary® (EiE) project fosters engineering and technological literacy among children. EiE has created a research-based, standards-driven, and classroom-tested curriculum that integrates engineering and technology concepts and skills with elementary science topics. EiE lessons not only promote K-12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) learning, but also connect with literacy and social studies.

Storybooks featuring children from a variety of cultures and backgrounds introduce students to an engineering problem. Students are then challenged to solve a problem similar to that faced by the storybook character. Through a hands-on engineering design challenge, students work in teams to apply their knowledge of science and mathematics; use their inquiry and problem-solving skills; and tap their creativity as they design, create, and improve possible solutions. In the end, students realize that everyone can engineer!

The Engineering is Elementary project also helps elementary school educators enhance their understanding of engineering concepts and pedagogy through professional development workshops and resources.

Click here to download an overview of the EiE Project

National Engineering is Elementary® usage*
Students	2,701,975
Teachers	32,720
States	50 + Washington, D.C.

*estimates through October 2011

Raytheon-EiE Teacher Scholarship Program

Elementary teachers are eligible to receive a $3,000 scholarship to attend an Engineering is Elementary® (EIE) Professional Development workshop created by the Museum of Science, Boston. This program is intended to encourage the inclusion of engineering and technology education in elementary classrooms by providing access to Engineering is Elementary workshops and materials.

Details and Application here

Engineering is Elementary is a featured program of Change the Equation!

Change the Equation is a new national initiative focused on improving science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education for every child, with a particular focus on girls and students of color, who have long been underrepresented in STEM fields.