IEEEUSA Precollege Activities: Teacher Reward Grant Program and more

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IEEE-USAPrecollege Activities Teacher Reward
(Grant) Programand more!

• Ken Reid, IEEE-USA
• Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology
• IUPUI School of Engineering and Technology
• Purdue University Department of Engineering
  Education
• Ron Rodgers
• 3rd Grade Teacher
• Eagle Elementary School,
• Brownsburg, IN

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Rising Above the Gathering Storm(National
Academies of Engineering)
Why are we interested?

• Education in science, mathematics, and
  technology has become a focus of intense concern
  within the business and academic communities. The
  domestic and world economies depend more and more
  on science and engineering. But our primary and
  secondary schools do not seem able to produce
  enough students with the interest, motivation,
  knowledge, and skills they will need to compete
  and prosper in such a world.

Question Do you LOVE math and science?
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Today

• What is the IEEE-USA PEC?
• What can IEEE-USA Precollege Education Committee
  offer teachers?
• Online lesson plans and other resources?
• Teacher / Engineer Partnership Award
• Teacher Reward/Grant Program

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IEEE-USA Precollege Education Committee

• Help improve the quality of precollege education
  and to raise the level of functional and
  technological literacy of United States students
  by placing emphasis on mathematics and science. 
• Keep alive the innate curiosity of young children
  about science as they move into middle school and
  high school, so that they will continue to study
  mathematics, science, and technology.
• Engineering is more than You have to love math
  and science curiosity, innovation, creativity,
  etc.

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Your IEEE-USA PEC
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Global programs, local implementation

• Teacher in Service Program
• http//tryengineering.org
• Global initiative, implemented at the local level
• Initial training at the Region level
• (Region 4 Summer 06)
• Designed to flow to Sections, then to individuals
• Example Central Indiana Section activities

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Teacher in Service Program

• Linked to national standards
• .pdf with materials, learning goals, age, learner
  outcomes
• Materials for a classroom of 30 lt 100 (usually
  less than 30!)

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Design and Build a Better Candy Bag

• Materials scale plastic, string, tape, rulers,
  scissors, paper, pencils candy
• Why? Teamwork problem solving calculations of
  area, volume, weight art
• Basic procedure
• Given a set of materials, student teams design a
  bag to hold the most volume or weight before
  failure.
• Failure analysis
• Dont like candy? Brownsburg Challenger Center
  does Design a Moonrock Bag

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Rotational Equilibrium A Question of Balance

• Demonstrate the concept of rotational
  equilibrium, by building and testing a Mobile

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Teacher workshop, Indianapolis, Summer 2007
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Realistically helping in a K-12 environment

• Teachers must tie activities with state standards
• Safety / Security and entry into a school
• Teacher resource overload
• One on one contact
• Explain activities from the viewpoint of your
  audience
• Use the power of your Section!
• PACE, Section Precollege Rep, Newsletter.

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IEEE-USA Precollege Education Committee
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PEC Teacher-Engineer Partnership Award

• The IEEE-USA Precollege Education Committee (PEC)
  Teacher-Engineer Partnership Award
• Recognizes collaborative activities between K-12
  teachers and IEEE members.
• Unique professional, technical and literary
  contributions to precollege students.

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Past winners

• William Speed Mark Rognstad, Region 6 (HI)
• Created HURC (Hawiian Underwater Robot Challenge)
• Robert Cornacchioli James Jensen, Region 1 (MA)
• NetdDay, Solar Sprint, etc.
• Joy Huebel Renato Recio, Region 5 (TX)
• Partners in Education mentoring program

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What can I (or my section) do?

• Find examples of partnerships
• Or create new partnerships
• Contact your Region precollege representative
• Nominate!

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Teacher reward / grant program

• The program/project must be a new and/or unique
  idea
• The program/project must take place in 2008
• The teacher must work with an IEEE member (the
  IEEE member can be a partner, mentor, or a
  resource member)
• Typical maximum 500
• Typically not for capital equipment

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Examples

• Electromagnetics in Action (R2)
• 7th 8th grade
• Magnetics, RF interference demonstrated
• Robotics Summer Workshop (R4)
• Robotics using Mindstorm robot kits
• Student Centered Robotics Assembly CD Guide (R6)
• State standards require robotics students to
  produce instructional CD
• Electronic Stethoscopes (R2)
• Tie STEM concepts to real life
• Robot Cars (R4)
• Excellent example of a project growing to reach
  students beyond the original scope! . More
  to come

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What can I (or my section) do?

• Find a teacher with an idea, or present an idea
  to a teacher
• Visit the PEC Web page
• Example application
• Contact information (questions ask!)
• Apply!

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Resources from your IEEE-USA PEC

• myScience myMath myEngineering
• Middle school brochure
• Engineering Go For It Magazine

• Careers in Electrical Electronics and Computer
  Engineering
• High school brochure
• Partnership with JETS
• TEAMS competitions
• www.jets.org

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More information

• http//www.ieeeusa.org/volunteers/committees/pec
• Ken Reid reid_at_ieee.org
• 317-274-2362
• http//www.engr.iupui.edu/reid/
• Ron Rodgers ronaldrodgers_at_comcast.net
• Eagle Elementary School
• http//www.brownsburg.k12.in.us/