Build! Watch! Share!
Have you visited the DESIGN SQUAD NATION website recently? We’ve got a new look and more importantly, new resources to share with you! We’re creating new videos starring hosts Nate and Deysi, debuting exciting hands-on activities and launching new contests and team challenges. Now there are even more ways you can inspire the next generation of engineers!
DESIGN SQUAD NATION Educators on Facebook
Educators, we want to hear from you. We’ve created a new Facebook page especially for educators–DESIGN SQUAD NATION Educators. Here you can upload photos of your students’ designs, let us know what resources you’re looking for, and connect with other teachers using DESIGN SQUAD NATION in their classrooms.
Registration for 2012-2013 Future City Competition is now open.
Future City is an engaging, project-based learning experience where teams of middle school students imagine, design, and build cities of the future. Over 3 months, students work with a educator and volunteer mentor to design a virtual city using SimCity software; research the problem—Rethink Runoff: Design Clean Solutions to Manage Stormwater Pollution—and write an essay describing their solutions; build a model of their city using recycled materials; write a brief narrative promoting their city; and present their city before a panel of judges. Along the way students apply math and science concept to real-world problems, flex their problem-solving skills, develop good teamwork habits, explore engineering and its many career options, and become better citizens. Register today or learn more at www.futurecity.org.
National Girls Collaborative Project turns 10!
The National Girls Collaborative Project (NGCP) is celebrating 10 years of collaboration. NGCP brings together girl-serving STEM organizations dedicated to informing and encouraging girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). After 10 years, 3,000 programs in 38 states are working together to provide more opportunities for girls to engage in STEM activities. To learn more about the National Girls Collaborative Project and to find a collaborative in your area, visit: http://www.ngcproject.org/