Low Cost/No Cost Engineering in the Classroom: Pre-College Outreach For 2005 Leadership Workshop Larry Nelson Sr., Precollege Representative Region 1 13/03/2005 Tucson, AZ / PACE IEEE Pre-College Outreach (our job)   To promote and enhance the level of technological literacy of educators and students. To increase the interest in math and science by all students. IEEE Pre-College Outreach (not our job)    Replace Qualified Teachers Turn Students into Engineers Tell Teachers How to Teach What do Children Like to Do? Activities       Robots Airplanes Rockets Buildings Computers Cars       Inventions Toys Contests Games Field Trips Sparks Ages and Locations       Pre-School Grammar School Middle School High School Church Groups Scouting      Library 4-H Country Fairs Community Festivals Museums Costs and Commitments     Free to $$$ Depends on what you want to do and how you do it. One person for a couple hours. Many people for hundreds of hours. Examples Engineering Club        Low Cost One Meeting a Month Single Activity Each Month Paper Airplane Contest Paper Tower Contest Electricity Demo Computer Activity Paper Airplanes Paper Airplane Contest CO2 Car Race CO2 Car Race CO2 Car Race Hands On Demo Time Tower of Paper Tower of Paper Solar Sprint      Moderate Cost - Kit Purchase $30ea Weekly Meeting Use Recycled components for Construction Local Contest or Regional Contests 5th grade and up for students Solar Sprint Construction Solar Sprint Car Solar Sprint Race Solar Sprint Winners Model Rocket or Plane     Demonstrations Build and Fly Design Build and Fly Use Your Hobby to an Advantage Rocket Launch (2nd Grade) Rocket Launch Electronics Demo      Van De Graaff Generator Sparks and Fancy Demonstrations Always a BIG hit Wimhurst Generator Tesla Coil Robotics     Demo Hero or other robot Lego Mindstorms Demo Lego Mindstorms Hands On $220 per kit and needs computer Lego Mindstorms Lego Mindstorms Demo High School First Robotics Demo Time 5th Grade Brainstorming Session Transportation Problem