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Publishing K-12 Engineering Curriculum
via the TeachEngineering Digital Library
Jacquelyn Sullivan Associate DeanCollege of Engineering & Applied Science University of Colorado Boulder
To become a national platform for user-generated K-12 engineering science and design curricula.
Exploiting TeachEngineering’s inquiry-based lessons and hands-on activities, teachers make the creativity
of engineering – and its relevance to the lives of youth – come alive.
TeachEngineering contents:• 57 curricular units• 348 lessons• 599 hands-on activities• From 19 institutions
…and growing monthly
TeachEngineering Purpose
• Standards-aligned • Dynamic, ongoing cross-alignment• Organized by:
o Hands-on activitieso Lessonso Multi-week curricular units
• Flexible search engine• Free for teachers to use• Incorporates NAE Changing the Conversation
messaging in every lesson/activity• Open to submissions from all institutions
All 50 states; international ITEEA
National (McREL, AAAS, NSES, NCTM)
TeachEngineering Features
• During 2010, received 1.5M hits from 489,805 different users• Usage tracks to the K-12 academic year
• During the first half of this academic year, usage averaged 64,289 unique users per month (up 29%)
• Teachers provide feedback continual improvement• Recognized by NSDL in 2010 for top quality (of 121 collections)
TeachEngineering Usage History
The teacher buzz…“I work with a number of high schools on a project-based pre-engineering course. Several of the teachers have used the TeachEngineering materials and found them to be very good.” —E.R., university distance learning director, Cincinnati, OH
“We are using TE curricula as “one strategy to engage K-12 students around engineering as a ‘hook’ to getting them into taking the math and science needed for our ever-growing technology-dependent jobs in the Mobile area.” – S.P., education foundation program director, Mobile, AL
“…this is the third year that I have used your site... I have found it very useful. I have been spreading the word as much as possible. I am of the belief of why reinvent the wheel and this is why I use your site. Thank you again.” — S.G., grade 5 teacher, Truth or Consequences, NM
• National (and beyond) dissemination of your work• Continual standards realignment• Expanding features across collection
o Adding ITEEA standards nowo Just added NAE Changing the Conversation messaging
• Continual backbone maintenance• Join the 34 other engineering colleges creating
something great for K-12 educators & learners
Why would I want to publish in TE?
• Create and classroom-test your K-12 engineering curricula~ must be original work ~
• Format your material into the TE Word templateso Flexible to incorporate different teaching styles within common core
requirements results in standardized TE “look-n-feel”• Conduct your own internal reviews prior to TE submission to
improve your success in the review process• Keep your RET PIs and teachers in the loop• Agree to allow others to freely use your lessons and activities
for educational purposes• Your program is recognized at the top of published documents
How do I publish?
• Goal: To accommodate differences in how programs introduce engineering to K-12 learners• Meet one of three Engineering Categories:
o Category 1: Relating science or math concept(s) to engineeringo Category 2: Engineering analysis or partial designo Category 3: Complete engineering design process
• Indicated by a 3-dot system
Engineering Categories
• Submit documents to TeachEngineeringin Word templates
• Editor looks at submissions to make sure they are complete and ready for review
• Documents sent to reviewers (like a journal)o K-12 Content Review – Teacher uses rubric to ensure
quality, readability and usability by teacherso Engineering Review – Engineer or upper-level
engineering student uses rubric to evaluate technical content and determine engineering category
• TE provides a final edit of the document and converts it from Word to the website format
Review and Publication Process
Published RETs • Vanderbilt University (+ more curricula under review)• Purdue University• University of Houston (+ more curricula under review)
Accepted RETs (in final stages of publishing) • University of Minnesota• Duke University-Mechanical Engineering
RET submissions in review process• Clemson University• Worcester Polytechnic Institute • North Carolina A&T• Milwaukee School of Engineering• University of Texas-Arlington
Participating RETs so far…
Be a contributor:TeachEngineering website: www.TeachEngineering.org
Publishing instructions: www.TeachEngineering.org/submit_curricula.php
TE submission portal: ojs.TeachEngineering.org
Be a reviewer:Easy online form: www.TeachEngineering.org/want_to_review.php
Contact us:Principal Editor: Paul Klenk | 312-857-3853 | [email protected]
General e-mail: [email protected]
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