Got clean water? More than 1 billion people don't. Billions more lack adequate sanitation. Thanks to engineers, Americans can slake their thirst with an easy twist of the tap. Now, U.S. engineering students are improving water systems and life in developing nations as Engineers Without Borders. Your service learners will soak up this week's lesson. No sipping, please! |
| Lesson: The Dirty Water Project
 Civil, chemical, and environmental engineers work together to develop new or improve existing water treatment systems. In this activity, teams of students in grades 3-5 investigate different methods for removing pollutants from water, then design and build their own water filters from plastic bottles.
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Feature: Low Cost, High Impact
 In many poor, rural areas of the world, scourges like malaria, HIV/AIDS, and malnutrition are endemic. Blood tests for anemia are a quick way to diagnose them, but it can take days to get results back from hospitals many miles away. Last year, a multidisciplinary team of Rice University undergraduates devised a clever solution: It's a centrifuge fashioned from a common salad spinner.
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| K-12 News: Building Blocks, Back to Basics
 Talk about old school. Building blocks, those indestructible wooden mainstays of elementary classrooms since the 1900s, are finding new favor as a way to boost student learning, particularly in math and science. In New York City, parents are creating castles and toppling towers at oversubscribed building-block workshops. Some charter schools advertise block corners along with chess programs and science labs.
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| Special: ASEE Partners with NSTA
 The American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) has put together a public/private partnership to develop ways of engaging elementary, middle, and high school students in engineering. Participants will learn about innovative, hands-on, project-based engineering at three events during National Science Teachers Association regional conferences.
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STEM Teachers: Learn more about the upcoming 2012 K-12 Workshop from ASEE.
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 What do the blockbuster "Avatar," high-performance sports gear, Angry Birds phone app, and pollution-eating bacteria have in common?
They are among a host of cool innovations developed by engineers and featured in the new fifth edition of the American Society for Engineering Education's Engineering, Go For It magazine. The kid-friendly magazine is part of ASEE's campaign to inspire more K-12 students, particularly young women and underrepresented minorities, to pursue engineering majors and careers. Now available in our store! |
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