Suggested Resources for Learning More about the Engineering Design Process
American Society of Engineering Educators (ASEE) web site to support K-12 engineering. Lesson plans and
activities are available at no cost. Most are standards linked, and have all of the worksheets. They are organized
by grade level. You can also subscribe to a monthly newsletter.
http://teachers.egfi-k12.org/
http://teachers.egfi-k12.org/straw-rocket-aeronautics/ brings you to a 40-40 min. activity on paper rockets
Teach Engineering is a web resource for K-12 engineering activities. They are sortable by grade and content.
There is considerable variation in the quality of the lessons but there are many excellent activities and lesson
plans available.
http://www.teachengineering.org/
Try Engineering is another good resource for activities in both science and engineering. Not as sortable as some
but some very good activities.
http://www.tryengineering.org/lesson.php?&showall=1
Discover Engineering has good background on engineering and a few activities. Has some science related
games too.
http://www.discoverengineering.org/
National Science Foundation site has a listing of major sites offering activities and lessons in
engineering. In most cases the activities in all the sciences as well as engineering. These tend to be well tested
and supported.
http://www.nsf.gov/news/classroom/engineering.jsp
Teachers Domain has a wide range of activities in science and engineering. You need to register for this site but
it is free and they don’t send out many emails following up. I use some of their videos as starters.
http://www.teachersdomain.org/browse/?fq_hierarchy=k12.sci.engin
IDEO Video on Engineering Design (current)
http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0oG7t4Bhk9RDzYAwnlXNyoA?p=IDEO%20design%20video&fr2=sbtop&fr=yfp-t-900
Original Front Line video on Design: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M66ZU2PCIcM
Lessoncast.org site… requires registration but has good info and hints on different aspects of teaching. There
are a few general descriptions of activities but this is mostly a teacher PD site
http://lessoncast.org
Marshmallow challenge is an example… 45 min for early grades
http://lessoncast.org/lesson/marshmallow-challenge-intro-to-engineering-practices/
Supplies: I probably get 90% of my supplies from one of these 3 places
http://www.kelvin.com/
http://www.pitsco.com/store/
http://www.iasco-tesco.com/