by Alex Pugnali, Education Specialist at the CEEO This summer the CEEO ran a variety of 3-5 day workshops for students in Kindergarten through 8th Grade. While workshops differed in age range and theme, they all engaged students in the…
by Fay Shaw, Postdoctoral Scholar and Amy Fleischer, Curator of Collaborations from the Occupational Therapy Department In Spring 2016, the CEEO joined together with Occupational Therapy (OT) and Human Factors (HF) to pilot a new location for Jumbo’s Maker Studio,…
by Susan Bitetti Through my work at the Center for Engineering Education and Outreach, for the month of January 2016, I was given the amazing opportunity to do volunteer work and research at Imagination Station, a LEGO-centric, not-for-profit education and…
by Barbara Bratzel The end of January and beginning of February was a lively time in the CEEO workshop room: we hosted two international groups of students. The last week of January, seven students from China, ages nine to eleven,…
by Dr. Ethan Danahy, Research Assistant Professor at the CEEO The Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO) is closely involved in the running of two robotics classes within the School of Engineering at Tufts. Dr. Ethan Danahy (Research Assistant…
By Laura Fradin, CEEO STOMP Fellow 5th grade classroom at Norcross Elementary School in Arlington, Massachusetts One of the biggest obstacles for STOMPers is creating a cohesive unit throughout the semester. Many STOMPers choose to do an “Introduction to Engineering”…
by Laura Coughlin, CEEO STOMP Fellow On Wednesday afternoons, the NXT robotics elective at the International School of Boston (ISB) holds its two-hour class, a class filled with 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students eager to learn the mysteries of…
This year CEEO hosted another spooky haunted house filled with robots from Research Assistant Professor Ethan Danahy's ES93 Simple Robotics Course that was co-taught by Aaron Johnson, Postdoctoral Research Associate. This course allows freshman to explore multiple disciplines of engineering before choosing their…
Matthew Mueller, CEEO PhD graduate Student, took part in a project called Billund Builds Music (BBM). BBM was a full week of project based and play based learning where children designed, built, and performed on their own musical instruments. It…
by Brian O'Connell This past summer, the CEEO held its first Mini-Makers workshop for young makers to learn how to use all the tools in Jumbo’s Maker Studio. A group of 9 students from 6th to 8th grade spent the…