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EWeek 2008 ENews #24 – April 1, 2008
Engineers Week 2008 will be celebrated February 17 – 23, and is co-chaired by the Chinese Institute of Engineers (CIE)–USA and IBM Corporation. Feel free to forward this letter or contents to other interested parties.
Contents:
1. Design Squad Is Back!
2. Help Students Discover Engineering Online
3. Check Out the 2008 Global Marathon
4. Cyberchase Teletraining Online
1. Design Squad Is Back!
Design Squad takes on innovative, eco-friendly cardboard furniture designs for an IKEA showroom (and inspires a "Trash to Treasure" contest!) when the new season premieres this Wednesday, April 2 on PBS. Check your local listings. Host and twenty-something mechanical engineer Nate Ball guides eight new contestants in 13 half-hour episodes as they compete at building hockey net targets for a Boston Bruins player, designing underwater prostheses for an amputee dancer and developing a racing gravity bike (no pedals!). Keeping their eyes on the grand prize – a $10,000 college scholarship provided by the Intel Foundation - and their cool when things get hot, the Design Squad teams soon discover that good design, a little humor and, of course engineering, can make anything possible. See more at http://pbskids.org/designsquad/. The National Engineers Week Foundation and its coalition are the official Design Squad outreach partners.
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2. Help Students Discover Engineering Online
In addition to Design Squad, middle school students, parents and teachers can learn about engineering at http://www.discoverengineering.org/. The site includes three videos featuring young students as they discover engineering with a little help from our friends at Engineers for a Sustainable World, IBM, and the Solar Decathlon. Hands-on activities are included as well as descriptions of engineering disciplines.
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3. Check Out the 2008 Global Marathon
The 2008 Global Marathon For, By and About Women in Engineering ran for 24 hours beginning at noon EDT in the United States on March 26. In addition to North America, presentations originated from Latin/South America, China, India, Africa, and the United Kingdom/Europe. Honorary Chair Judy Spitz, CIO of Verizon Business, led the event with a live Webcast and on-site audience to 300 girls in middle school through college. Major partners also included DuPont, BP, IBM, Women's Engineering Society (UK), Chinese Institute of Engineers – USA and Motorola. For replays and downloads go to http://www.eweek.org/ and click on the Global Marathon. The National Engineers Week Foundation will continue to update the site with audio and written commentaries.
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4. Cyberchase Teletraining Online
The first teletraining for the Cyberchase Activity Guide: Builder's Math is now available online. Add this Guide to your toolkit for outreach to elementary age students! The National Engineers Week Foundation will provide Activity Guides while supplies last. Click here for more information.
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Founded in 1951 by the National Society of Professional Engineers, Engineers Week (February 18-24, 2007) is celebrated annually by thousands of engineers, engineering students, teachers, and leaders in government and business. In 1988, the National Engineers Week consortium expanded its scope and now includes more than 100 engineering, scientific, and education societies and major corporations dedicated to enhancing the public understanding of the engineering profession and to promoting pre-college interest in math, science, and engineering as a career option.
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