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Maker Games
by Matt Mueller, Doctoral Student in Mechanical Engineering Hello, my name is Matthew Mueller and I am a PhD student in Mechanical Engineering interested in simplifying interfaces for digital fabrication tools (like 3D printers and CNC machines) and developing ways for young students to engage in authentic engineering design. As part of the 2016/2017 CEEO […]
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The Power of Strategic Under-Instruction
CEEO follows teachers on Twitter and are inspired by all the amazing photos, videos, antidotes, and reflections teachers share on Twitter every day. Mike Kulbieda, Design/Makerspace Coordinator from the International School of the Peninsula, caught our eye while searching through our Twitter feed. We asked Mike to send us some reflections on an engineering activity […]
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Early Childhood Makerspace
by Amanda Strawhacker, Doctoral Student in Child Study and Human Development and Miki Vizner, Master’s Student in Child Study and Human Development Makerspaces are an exciting space to foster creative learning through building artifacts. These 21st century engineering workshops are a growing area of interest for both education researchers and school practitioners, and many resources (e.g. […]
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Becky McDowell wins Program Excellence Award at the ITEEA Conference
Becky McDowell, a K-5 STEM Teacher at the Barrington 220 School in Wauconda, Illinois and TEEP Alum (2016) won the Program Excellence Award at the ITEEA Conference this year. The Program Excellence Award is presented in recognition of outstanding contributions to the profession and students and is designed to recognize exceptional technology and engineering education […]
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“Making” in the White Mountains: Meet Our Partners at WMSI
by Susan Bitetti One of the incredible aspects about working at the CEEO is the opportunity to collaborate with some really wonderful and unique educational spaces. White Mountain Science Institute (WMSI) in Bethlehem, New Hampshire led by CEEO fellow Bill Church, is one such space. WMSI is not a typical afterschool setting; while the staff […]
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1234Cast
by Sam Woolf, Masters Student in Mechanical Engineering With the support of a CEEO Innovation Grant, we built and tested 1234Cast, a weather forecasting portal that caters to young children. Weather is all around us, and we interact with it on a daily basis, as it affects many parts of our lives. However, teaching weather-related concepts […]
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University Level Courses
First-Year Intro-to-Engineering Simple Robotics by Ethan Danahy, Research Assistant Professor, CEEO Once again, in Fall 2016, Professor Danahy taught the Tufts School of Engineering’s introduction to engineering course Simple Robotics to first-year engineering students. Leveraging the LEGO MINDSTORMS robotics hardware and the LabVIEW Graphical Programming interface, this course has pre-major engineering students work in teams […]
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Novel Engineering Challenges-Update
By Elissa Milto, Director of Outreach, CEEO April 1st was the launch of Novel Engineering Challenge- a series of three online Novel Engineering design challenges. The first of the three challenges is based on the book Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! by Candace Fleming. From now until May 19th, elementary-aged children will have the opportunity to submit […]
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The Cardboard Boat Project
By Sarah Matheny, Alumni of the Teacher Engineering Education Program (TEEP) Sarah Matheny, Science and Design Thinking Teacher from St. George’s Independent School, Germantown, TN, shares the work done by a 4th grade class called “The Cardboard Boat Project” Our fourth graders study explorers in the Fall and this year the teachers thought it would […]
