Kite-flying and aerodynamic forces

Kite-flying and aerodynamic forces

Here’s a light and breezy tip for STEM faculty!

It’s April, spring is here, and you may be experiencing some good kite-flying weather. It’s a great time to teach students about aerodynamic forces. ENGAGE’s Everyday Examples in Engineering make it easy with a ready to use lesson plan on Aerodynamics of Kites. Check it out on ENGAGE Engineering.org and try it with your students!

STEM students successfully recruited and enrolled? Now retain them!

STEM students successfully recruited and enrolled? Now retain them!

You may be wondering how it’s possible to marshal the commitment and resources to provide SVS training for at-risk students.

According to Jackie Sullivan, University of Colorado at Boulder, “We decided that the literature was so clear on this. This was an issue of broadening participation. Look what we spend on recruiting women students, look at the money we hemorrhage when we lose these talented young women from our pool of future engineers. For us, it was a societal imperative.”

Learn about CU-Boulder's scalable 8-week intervention workshop.

March Madness

March Madness

Heads up, engineering faculty! March Madness is heating up as we approach the Final Four, and here’s a slam dunk lesson plan to increase your students’ interest and understanding of eccentric loading. 

Check out this Everyday Example in Engineering that explores the load on a basketball pole during different types of play, and think about entering your classroom with a bouncing basketball!