Everyone Engineers!

An Intro to Engineering is Elementary—Lessons for Children

Workshop for Grades 1 – 5 Teachers

Sponsored by the Salem State Collaborative Project for Math, Science and Interdisciplinary Education (CPMSIE) and the Museum of Science and the Lynn Public Schools

 

Location: Lynnfield High School, 275 Essex Street, Lynnfield, MA 01940

Time:      3:30PM to 6 PM                                                  

Cost:       $40 – all four workshops - Member Schools/ $150 for Non-Member Schools
               See website www.salemcollaborative.org for member list.                              
PDP’s:     10 Hours with Completed Project

 

OVERVIEW: “Everyone Engineers!” is a favorite motto of a new Museum of Science program, Engineering is Elementary.

And we believe that “everyone” means you, too!  Find out how you already have great engineering instincts, and discover ways of bringing your students’ learning to life, while addressing key content standards in the science frameworks.

 

While you learn for yourself about this content area (no prior formal engineering is assumed), we’ll also explore how one resource, Engineering is Elementary, can help you:

 

 

Session 1: Begin at the Beginning—A Gentle Start to Technology and Engineering                              October 26, 2006

What can a candle, a piece of chalk, and a red orangutan help you learn about technology and engineering? Tap into your prior knowledge, charge up your creativity, and begin making new connections that will help you answer this question. Find out about EiE units, resources for teachers to use with their kids to get them started engineering. We’ll take a look at the organization of the units, which revolve around storybooks specially written for kids about kids who engineer.

Session 2: Catch the Wind                                                                                                                      November 2, 2006

Ever play with a pinwheel or go for a sail? Enjoy watching a flag fly and flap? If so, you already have caught the fun of what it means to Catch the Wind—one of EiE’s most popular units. In small groups, use your noggin and a blast of air to capture wind energy to do something useful—with sails and windmills. Explore ties to weather curricula, as well as selected other topics (like machines and motion). It’ll be a breeze!

Session 3: To Get to the Other Side                                                                                                         November 9, 2006

“You know what I like best about bridges?...Bridges bring people together.” So says Abuelito, a character in one of the EiE storybooks. Come together with your colleagues; build a bridge to science and engineering content that you and your students will enjoy crossing: Explore To Get to the Other Side, an EiE unit about bridges which ties to elementary content on forces and balance. (We’ll have a good review of those topics, too, so the workshop doesn’t throw you off balance!)

Session 4: To Be Decided by the Group                                                                                               November 16, 2006

Potential focus: Making Math Connections to Engineering, or other topics about implementing and integrating these units into your existing curriculum. If the group prefers, an additional unit can be addressed.

 

MATERIALS:

FREE with workshop: 20+ page resource packet (not the lesson plans)

AVAILABLE at Discount:  Unit resource binder, complete with learning standards, instructions for all lesson plans, materials lists, assessment rubrics, and more, may be purchased for $30 per unit or $100 for all four units.

 

About the Facilitators: Carolyn DeCristofano is the Professional Development Director for Engineering is Elementary. Other co-facilitators, who may join us, play numerous roles in the project.  For more information, visit http://www.mos.org/eie

Learning Standards: The EiE units focus on Strand 4 of the MA Frameworks for Science and Technology/Engineering. 

Registration Information:

Please register at our website www.salemcollaborative.org. If you have registration questions, please call Jim Kearns at 781-771-4860 or email him at salemregistration@hotmail.com. Mail registration fee to Jim Kearns, 750G Brookside Drive, Andover, MA 01810. Make checks payable to CPMSIE.

DEADLINE to sign up for the “Engineering is Elementary Workshop” Series is October 23rd