An Engineering Education Makes a World of Difference
http://engineeringaworldofdifference.org/
This website by the Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education (CASEE) highlights role models who have used an engineering education to innovate products, processes, and services that improve human health, welfare, and happiness. Twice a week for each week from Monday, January 31, 2011 through Thursday, July 14, 2011 they will release a new video (less than 30 seconds long) to the web. The videos can also be "pushed" to individual cell phones. Site visitors can upload their own videos of role model engineers to be considered for addition to the site. In addition to the role models, the site provides links to other sites that explain what engineering is and where visitors can find out more about engineering. Text "CASEE" to 21534 to subscribe to the twice-weekly videos or visit the website and click on the blue ribbon in the top right corner to upload a video of your own.
Resource Added: January 26, 2011
Aspire SWE K-12 Outreach
http://aspire.swe.org/index.php
The website produced by the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) has plenty of exciting information including events, competitions, camps, schools and scholarships. It also has lots of information for parents and educators.
Resource Added: May 11, 2007
Brain Cake
http://www.braincake.org/whoweare.aspx
Do you want to change the world? Check out this sight from The Girls, Math & Science Partnership. Brain Cake reaches out to girls from the around the globe who are interested in changing the world with math and science. Their mission is to engage, educate, and embrace girls as architects of change.
Resource Added: August 1, 2007
Career Cornerstone Center
http://www.careercornerstone.org/
The Sloan Career Cornerstone Center is an ever-expanding resource center for anyone interested in exploring career opportunities in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, computing, and medicine. Discover over 185 degree fields and find out about education requirements, salaries, networking, pre-college ideas, and career planning resources.
eGFI (Engineering, Go For It!)
http://www.egfi-k12.org/
eGFI is brought to you by the American Society for Engineering Education and includes a website, magazine, poster, and teacher and student newsletters. The website includes many cool articles, interviews with engineering students, and more.
Resource Added: June 27, 2010
FabFems
http://www.fabfems.org/
FabFems are women from a broad range of professions in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). They are passionate, collaborative, and work to make the world a better place. FabFems allows girls to expand their career options, dispel stereotypes and spark their interests by creating a profile. If you are looking for a FabFem to help with a STEM program look here.
Resource Added: February 10, 2012
Fire Protection Engineering
http://careers.sfpe.org/
"A fire protection engineer fulfills a broad range of duties, all in some way related to fire. This can range from designing fire protection for a space station, to protecting treasures such as the U.S. Constitution, to ensuring that the occupants of a high-rise building are safe from fire." Check out this site to find out more about the career, resources, and college planning.
Resource Added: September 21, 2012
FIRST
http://www.usfirst.org
The FIRST program has lots of great competitions to get your engineering mind started. Whether you choose the Lego League for grades K-8 or the robotics competion or tech challenge for high school students, there is something for everyone.
Resource Added: December 4, 2005
Get the Math
http://www.thirteen.org/get-the-math/
Get the Math is about algebra in the real world. See how professionals use math in music, fashion, videogames, restaurants, basketball, and special effects. Then take on interactive challenges related to those careers.
Resource Added: November 14, 2012
Girls Communicating Career Connections (GC3)
http://gc3.edc.org/
This site features cool videos, games and activities about careers that use math and science. The best part...they were created by young people just like you.
Resource Added: November 18, 2009
Illumin Magazine
http://illumin.usc.edu
This online magazine contains articles examining the engineering behind every day life, written and published by engineering undergraduates from the University of Southern California. They strive to showcase the way that engineers make an impact in the world around us and the fact that engineers can also be good writers and communicators.
Resource Added: April 29, 2010
KEYs to Empowering Youth
http://www.eng.umd.edu/wie/precollege/keys.html
KEYs to Empowering Youth is a science and technology mentoring program for 11-13 year old girls designed to provide them with the opportunity to meet and work with women studying and working in science and engineering. The KEYs program provides interactive, hands-on activities that stress the importance of engineering, science and technology and their impact on society.” The Program is offered through the University of Maryland.
Khan Academy
http://www.khanacademy.org/
If you are having trouble understanding a concept in any of your classes, this is the place to go for help. You can watch videos and learn almost anything for free. The website aims to provide a free world-class education for anyone anywhere. You can just watch a few vidoes, or you can sign in to save your progress and earn digital badges to show your work. This is a resource that can help you through high school and all the way through your advanced engineering courses.
Resource Added: August 8, 2012
MentorNet
http://www.mentornet.net
The premiere and most experienced web-based e-mentoring program in the world, MentorNet matches thousands of students, postdocs, and early career researchers in engineering and science on hundreds of campuses to mentors in the professions for one-on-one guided relationships.
Resource Added: September 7, 2011
NASA Opportunity for Female High School Juniors
http://wish.aerospacescholars.org/
The NASA WISH project offers a one-of-a-kind experience for female high school students like you to jump start your future and explore the possibilities of a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) related major or career. The adventure begins in 2012 with an online community and culminates with a summer experience at NASA Johnson Space Center in Summer 2012.
Resource Added: January 23, 2012
National Engineer's Week
http://www.eweek.org
National Engineers Week is held each February. This site has sections devoted to discovery or exploration of engineering, and one all about engineering for girls. The site also provides resources for volunteers, educators, students, and those with other interests such as media and projects.
National Grid School Power
http://www.nationalgrideducation.com
The National Grid Education programme ‘School Power’ is a new online education programme based in the UK. It includes engaging facts, presentations, interactive stories, activities and fun experiments around the area of power. The resources are aimed at 4 to 11 year olds, their teachers and parents, and are designed to inspire and motivate children in learning about science and technology. All the materials are curriculum-linked and have been specifically developed for use on classroom interactive whiteboards, as well as personal computers.
Resource Added: March 24, 2010
NEWTON BBS Ask A Scientist Service
http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/aas.htm
Have a question about the world you're dying to ask? The one question-and-answer service is available from grades K-12. Newton BBS has covered 20,000 questions covering all aspects of science and mathematics dating back to 1991. Ask a scientist your question or read the archives to see what other people want to know.
NOVA
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/
Check the local PBS channel for this great television program. Also check out their website to find about space exploration, submarines, Hollywood special effects, and much, much more.
Nuclear Energy Learning Resources for Schools
http://students.ne.anl.gov/schools/
Nuclear Energy Learning Resources has been developed by Argonne's Nuclear Engineering Division Student Outreach Committee. It is a service for middle school and high school students, their parents and teachers at home and at school and includes a list of resources to learn about nuclear energy topics selected for you by the Nuclear Engineering Division of Argonne National Laboratory. The site will help you to find information on how nuclear reactors work, what makes certain materials radioactive, the importance of nuclear energy in the 21st century, and many other nuclear energy topics.
Resource Added: December 1, 2009
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