The Engineering Place at North Carolina State University
In 1999 the K-12 Outreach group was formed in the Office of Academic Affairs. Since then, the staff has impacted an average of 5000 students in North Carolina annually, in addition to 500 teachers. They have also participated in local, state and national collaborations to advance science, technology, engineering and math instruction in K-12 schools. Now called The Engineering Place, programs include:
• Two National Science Foundation GK-12 programs placing engineering graduate and undergraduate students in K-12 schools as co-teachers
• Elementary and middle school engineering camps
• On campus visits by K-12 students from around North Carolina
• Engineering on the Road program which has taken real life, non-stereotypical engineering involvement to 25,000 K-12 students in North Carolina
• Working with multiple elementary and high schools located in New Hanover, Wake and Pender counties; doing staff development and writing curriculum for engineering magnets
• Family math/engineering nights at churches and schools where parents who have never been to school before attend; workshops on navigating middle and high school math
• Various K-12 teacher workshops on inquiry teaching, curriculum integration, engineering
Impact beyond North Carolina: The Engineering Place has established partnerships with the Boston Museum of Science, the National Academy of Engineering, the American Society of Engineering Educators, the Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers, the College Board and several other national and international organizations which produce active projects with impacts across the nation and the world. Personnel are participating in national standards efforts, international outreach education efforts, advanced placement course development, etc.
118 Page Hall, Box 7904
North Carolina State University
Raleigh
NC, 27695
Contact: Laura Bottomley
Grade Level: K-12
Discipline: Science, Engineering, Mathematics
Website: http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/k12outreach/
Filed under: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Grades K-5, K-12 Outreach Programs
