Grassroots Outreach

Inspire Innovation
Workshops

Connecting K-12
Educators and Engineers

For more than 15 years, ASME has hosted teacher workshops to bring hands-on engineering activities to K-12 classrooms and to bring teachers and engineers together. E-Week 2012– through its coalition of engineering associations, corporate, and government partners – offers a unique forum to celebrate and highlight these grassroots-level initiatives and to gather resources for local engineering groups to connect with educators. Developing a skilled workforce through strengthening K-12 STEM education and supporting educators is a goal shared by all E-Week partners around the globe.

On these pages, find TOOLS AND RESOURCES for engineers and educators to work together:

 

  • Three web-based training modules demonstrating how engineers can work with teachers to use curricula based on three real-world humanitarian engineering challenges – a need for clean water, for biofuels, and for a bridge in rough terrain. Also, a How to Guide (PDF) for educators.

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  • A How To Guide for groups – ASME sections, and all E-week coalition partners - to organize and host successful workshops with local educators ASME Teacher Workshop Guide

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  • Guidance materials for teachers, students, parents and guidance counselors, and links to E-week web resources about pathways to engineering careers Engineering Resources (K-12)

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  • That's Engineering posters - A collection of four posters; Steel-Framed Handcart for Rural African Farmers and Families, Solar Powered Water Distribution System in Rural Tanzania, HIV/AIDS Portable Testing System, Southern Africa and Biolite Homestove for Off-Grid Communities, Cuts Smoke by 95% are available to download.

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  • For ASME SECTIONS and ASME STUDENT SECTIONS, there are mini-grants of up to $500 are available to help support conducting teacher workshops or other E-Week activities. More information and criteria to apply coming shortly!

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  • Also, consider supporting, attending and/or spreading the word about these INSPIRE INNOVATION WORKSHOPS hosted by ASME around the country:

Idaho, October 6, 2011
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Denver, CO November 12, 2011
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Houston, January 2012
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Does your group have great examples of engineers and teachers working together? What worked best? Tell us more! Contact eweek@asme.org

Training Modules For Engineers Working With Teachers


There are THREE modules, one each corresponding to the activities in the curriculum:

 

Hands on Humanitarian Engineering: Alternative Fuel

Clarkson University and the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe of upstate New York work together to develop a creative way to recycle used vegetable oil to fuel the reservation's tribal vehicles.
Engineers Week Video Series: Alternative Fuel Project
Alternative Fuel Curriculum (PDF)

Hands on Humanitarian Engineering: Clean Water

Join students from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst as they help to create a healthy and sustainable water source for several thousand people in the rural farming village of Namawanga area in western Kenya.
Engineers Week Video Series: Clean Water Project
Clean Water Curriculum (PDF)

Hands on Humanitarian Engineering: Bridge

This curriculum combines multidisciplinary classroom activities and lessons with an introduction to engineering, volunteerism and inter-cultural cooperation. Through these lessons, students will discover what it takes to assess, design and implement a project, and will gain hands-on experience in problem solving, logical thinking, and cooperation. Engineers Week Video Series: Bridge Building Project
Bridge Curriculum (PDF)