An Everyday Example a Day

ENGAGE Engineering

September 16, 2016

Everyday Examples

An Everyday Example a Day Keeps Students Engaged in Engineering

Demonstrate engineering concepts using familiar and relatable examples to increase student engagement and persistence!

What are Everyday Examples in Engineering (E³s)?

E³s demonstrate engineering concepts based on objects and ideas familiar to students, like exploding soda cans, musical instruments, or bicycles. E³s are more engaging to students than typical examples such as I-beams and boiler pipes. Familiarity provides students with a level of comfort and some basic intuitive understanding.

ENGAGE Engineering

July 26, 2016

Hot Enough For You?

ENGAGE Engineering

July 26, 2016

Local weather is a great inspiration for familiar, relatable examples that help students learn foundational engineering concepts.

When classes begin in August, for example, you can introduce students to the First Law of Thermodynamics with E3s incorporating air conditioning, sweating drink cans, and misted glasses.

ENGAGE Engineering

June 27, 2016

Sports are a good source for everyday examples

ENGAGE Engineering

June 27, 2016

Sports are a good source for everyday examples

We’ve had a great sports-filled summer with Wimbledon, the Tour de France, and the 2016 Olympics. Watching these events provides great inspiration to exercise and develop our own skills, as well as great entertainment. But have you ever noticed how sports also make for great Everyday Examples in Engineering?

Take a look at our ready-to-implement lesson plans and incorporate one or more into your upcoming courses this fall. You might also come up with an Everyday Example for a sport that isn’t represented here! Curling, anyone?

ENGAGE Engineering

June 22, 2016

Take Your Dog To Work Day: Wet Dogs and Everyday Examples

ENGAGE Engineering

June 22, 2016

Take Your Dog To Work Day: Wet Dogs and Everyday Examples

Attention STEM Faculty: Friday, June 24, is Take Your Dog to Work Day.

As you consider giving Barney a bath before bringing him into the office, notice what a great example you have here of overcoming surface tension with centripetal force! Check out ENGAGE’s Everyday Example in Engineering lesson plan called the Wet Dog Shake.