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Curricular Materials

Drones: Summer Engineering Experience for Kids Aeronautical Engineering Engineering Design Challenge

Over the course of a week, your young engineers will be taking on the Drone Challenge.

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SEEK18 Cybersecurity Module Teacher Guide

Over the course of a week, your young engineers can take on the Cyber Security Challenge.

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Publications

Maximizing Accessibility: Providing Summer Engineering Experiences for Racially, Ethnically, and Economically Underrepresented Youth

The drive for broader participation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) has resulted in a growing interest in out-of-school programs that bring enriching educational experiences to children from ethnic and racial groups that are traditionally underrepresented,

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Leveraging a Multi-Partner Approach to Develop Successful STEM Outreach Programs

Careers in the U.S. that require STEM knowledge have grown rapidly, reinforcing the need to develop a future
workforce that is prepared to meet growing business needs and solve global challenges. Considering that there is a low number of

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Strengthening the STEM Pipeline for Elementary School African Americans, Hispanics, and Girls by Scaling Up Summer Engineering Experiences

 

With the rapid growth of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) jobs in the

 

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Investigating the Fit Between Students’ Personal Interests and Their Perceptions of Engineeringin a National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Pre-college Summer Workshop (Fundamental Research)

Concern over the underrepresentation of women and certain minority populations in engineering has been a concern for the last few decades.

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Examining the Value of Mentoring in Youth Engineering Programs: What Motivates a Mentor to Mentor?

The purpose of this research study is to examine the motivations of undergraduate students, graduate students, and teaching professionals to serve as mentors for elementary school-aged kids participating in the Summer Engineering Experiences for Kids (SEEK) program hosted by

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Leveraging a Multi-Partner Approach to Develop Successful STEM Outreach Programs

Careers in the U.S. that require STEM knowledge have grown rapidly, reinforcing the need to develop a future workforce that is prepared to meet growing business needs and solve global challenges.

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Instruments

Engineering Identity Development Among Pre‐Adolescent Learners

The purpose of this study was to examine the development of the Engineering Identity Development Scale (EIDS), an instrument designed to assess elementary school students' identity development in engineering.

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Project Spotlight: Strengthening the STEM Pipeline for Elementary School African Americans, Hispanics, and Girls by Scaling Up Summer Engineering Experiences

As part of our series exploring what ITEST projects have been up to in the summer of 2017, we learned about the work of Strengthening the STEM Pipeline for Elementary

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Nos. DRL-1312022, 1614697 and 1949200. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

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