The Center for Engineering Educational Outreach at Tufts University is dedicated to bringing engineering into the K-12 classroom. Using the model of engineering design projects, the center coordinates engineering and education experts with teachers to design curricula based on engineering programs. More than 100 teachers in schools across the U.S. and abroad have worked with the center to generate curricula, test new teaching strategies, and investigate how kids learn. This approach has had great success in integrating math, science, and reading and writing skills. Girls and boys, parents, and teachers have all been enthusiastic participants.
Engineering is the the application of science and math to real world issues and objects.
Engineers are involved with nearly every object your come in contact with on a daily basis - pots, pans, radios, stereos, cars, trucks, roads, computers, powerlines, and even shampoo and lipstick. Their jobs require them to not only be able to perform calculations and understand theories but to gather information, sythesize data, and generate coherent reports and communications. Adding engineering and its elements to education offers students a new way to learn that encourages inter-disciplinary work.