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STEM 2015 International School at Beijing Normal University
by Dan Luo and Gabrielle Vukasin During this week, students from BNU listened to lectures and participated in activities run by faculty members from BNU, Tufts University and University of Tennessee. They were introduced to various activities related to STEM education. Major topics included: LEGO kits in classrooms, Arduino programming, Novel Engineering and robotic design. […]
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The LEGO-centric Classroom
by Barbara Bratzel Educators are asked to teach many different things these days, above and beyond their usual subject matter. Technological literacy. Project-based curriculum. Soft skills such as collaboration, communication, and resilience. Ideally, these topics reinforce each other and excite kids about learning. In real life, day to day, teachers can find juggling them overwhelming […]
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Girls Design and Engineering Week
by Jessica Swenson and Kerrianne Marino The Girls Design and Engineering Week workshop focuses on engaging girls in engineering through hands on activities emphasizing robotics, building, and making. This past summer, two workshops were held at the CEEO. The first week was comprised of a group of returning attendees that began with seed funding as […]
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“Engineering, Earthquakes, and More!” Civil Engineering Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring (SHM)
by Annie Levine How can you tell if a structure has been damaged by strong winds, heavy loads, an unexpected storm, or even an earthquake? Sometimes you can see the damage visually, but more often than not, the damage goes far beyond what the eye can see. A growing field in Civil Engineering is Structural […]
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RoboHacking Internship Program, Summer 2015
By Devyn Curley From July 6th to July 31st six high school students participated in the Robo-Hacking Internship at Tufts CEEO. The goal of the internship was to expose students to a variety of technologies, encouraging exploration through hands on projects with a robotics focus. During this four week program, the first week and a […]
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The SMART Lab project in Indonesia
The CEEO has been supporting makerspaces in our own backyard and across the globe. For the past two years, the CEEO has been collaborating with the New York Hall of Science (NYSCI) to support Sampoerna University’s School of Education in creating makerspaces and fostering maker culture in Indonesia. Sampoerna University, located in Jakarta, has a […]
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CEEO Alum Co-Authors New Book on Early STEM Education
Kristen Wendell, CEEO alumna and Assistant Professor of Education at UMASS Boston, recently co-authored the book Engaging Young Engineers: Teaching Problem-Solving Skills through STEM. Focused on early childhood (birth to age 5), the book offers theoretical and practical resources for parents and educators. Wendell explains the book’s origins: “Aware of the kind of work I […]
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Online Classes in Engineering Education for Teachers
OKEE.TUFTS.EDU The CEEO is excited to announce a new way to share our approach to K-12 engineering education. This month we’ve launched a new graduate-level program for teachers that helps to prepare them to engage in innovative, hands-on, design projects in their classroom. The Online K-12 Engineering Education program (OKEE) consists of four courses that […]
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Engineering Inquiry for All at Nedlam’s Workshop
April 21, 2015 by Daniel Wise When Malden High School principal Dana Brown invited Brian Gravel, Tufts’ Director of Elementary Education and CEEO alumnus, and CEEO faculty to see what could be done to reinvent his school’s large and semi-abandoned woodshop last spring, everyone was excited about the possibilities. In response to discussions with Brown, […]
