by Alison Earnheart, Outreach Support LEGO Education launched its new SPIKE Prime robotics system in January 2020 and Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO) was thrilled to have our students be among the very first to explore it…
by Dipeshwor Man Shrestha, Master's Student in STEM Education SNAPR - Snap, Narrate, Auto Post and Reflect is a tool that lets students capture and populate their e-portfolios automatically. In making/engineering, there is an emphasis on the final product and…
by Fay Shaw, Postdoctoral Research Associate Designing Biomimetic Robots is an NSF-funded project that is a collaboration between Tufts CEEO and TERC. Together, we have designed an interdisciplinary curriculum for middle school students that combines biology, engineering, and computer science…
By Libby Albanese, Thomas George, Elizabeth Moison, and Leah Sugrue, CEEO STOMPers Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO) had another successful and impactful year with it's Student Teacher Outreach Mentorship Program (STOMP). We are excited to share with…
By Sara Willner-Giwerc, Doctoral Student in Mechanical Engineering The STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) Discovery Lab is one of Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach's (CEEO) newest research projects. Check it out here: https://www.steamdiscoverylabbeta.com. On the surface, the STEAM…
By Laura Fradin, Educational Specialist Here at the Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO), we are constantly testing new equipment and activities to teach engineering to kids. To help us, we need kids who are willing to try…
article by Fay Shaw, Post Doctoral Research Associate work by Kathleen Robinson and Amanda Strawhacker In the Spring 2018 semester, students in the Child Development course, Children & New Technology (CD114), collaboratively created a quilt for the Eliot-Pearson Early Childhood…
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…
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…
By Susan Bitetti, Staff Member With the increase of engineering design activities in K-12 classrooms comes a new set of challenges to educators and policy-makers. Previous studies have demonstrated the benefits of incorporating design tasks into formal education curriculum; however,…