Links to K-12 STEM Outreach Efforts and K-12 Teacher Support
For K-12 Outreach Efforts in Engineering and STEM
- American Society for Engineering Education
- Engineering Go For It - Dream Up the Future
- Interactive website for K-12 students - http://www.egfi-k12.org/
- National Academy of Engineering and WGBH
- A Guide to Engineering for High School Girls: Engineer Your Life
- http://www.engineeryourlife.org/
- For Middle School Girls: Engineer Girl
- http://www.engineergirl.org/
- American Society for Quality
- Webinar from Feb 2009 on engineering careers, three engineers describe their experiences.
- http://www.asq.org/education/why-quality/real-world-of-engineering.html
- Discover Engineering
- Design Squad TV show
- Examples of engineering hands-on activities for K-12 students
- http://pbskids.org/designsquad/
- FIRST Robotics and LEGOs competitions
- Odyssey of the Mind
- Creative thinking competition, includes a bridge and vehicle problem
- http://www.odysseyofthemind.com/curriculum.php
- SAE A World in Motion
- Project Lead The Way
- Science Olympiad
- Electathon America
- MathCounts
- Math Olympiad
- STEPS Camp for Girls — Grand Valley State University
Lesson Plans for K12 Teachers of at-risk students
- Success 4 Teachers