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July 2016

Game(s) On!

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There's no Olympic medal for sports engineering. But breakthrough technology will play a star role at the upcoming summer games, despite Brazil's economic woes, zika worries, and construction snafus. Precision timers and high-performance gear are among the advances that let athletes compete at their peak. Your STEM fans will go for the gold in this month's activity. Watch their pace!
Activity: Measuring Velocity

Students in grades 6 to12 learn how to make a graph to measure average velocity and calculate the mid-times for personal intervals of runs, walks, and jogs. 

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To accommodate some 15,000 athletes and 500,000 visitors to the 2016 Summer Games, Brazil has tapped engineering expertise for everything from stadium construction to security systems. Despite the country's financial crisis, zika concerns, and construction setbacks, the games will commence on August 5... though probably not without some hitches.

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Spotlight: Help Shape STEM Education Policy

apple on book with equationsAs engineering expands rapidly at the K-12 level, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine seek to better engage classroom and informal STEM educators in the process. Have insights? Share them with the academies' Teachers Advisory Council forum Sept. 30 - Oct. 1. 

Announcements

NASA's Think Outside the Box Contest -- Students design a 3-D printed object that assembles, telescopes,or grows that an astronaut can use in microgravity. Learn more.

 
Join ASEE @ NSTA's STEM Forum July 27-29

havre de grace_ md._ elementary engineering Infusing engineering throughout the elementary school day is just one of the presentations ASEE's experienced educators will be making at NSTA's annual STEM Forum It's all part of ASEE's year to "Commit to P-12: When Engineering Begins."  

When: Weds. July 27 - Friday July 29
Where: Denver Convention Center, Colorado


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