The New Face of Engineering Sixth Grade
Engineer one who practices ingenuity.” - skill or cleverness that allows someone to solve problems, invent things, etc.”
Today’s Engineers A test engineer crashes expensive cars into walls to make them safer.” A forensic engineer evaluates a crime scene to catch a criminal. A design engineer creates robots to save people from burning buildings. A pharmaceutical engineer discovers cures for diseases. A financial engineer analyzes trends on Wall Street to predict the future of finance.
Engineers Engineers strive to make our lives better, easier, cheaper, more efficient and more fun by solving the problems of everyday life.
Engineers Engineering has lead to camera phones, wireless computers, satellite TV, airplanes, hydrogen powered cars, digital music, underwater robots, air conditioning, indoor plumbing, cosmetics, titanium knee and hit replacements….
Engineers are Creative? Disney, Pixar, Nike, Intel, Hasbro, Mattel, Industrial Light and Magic, Nintendo, Sony, Hewlett Packard, Apple, Intel…
Entrepreneurship Being involved with starting a new business.
Hollywood Engineers Peter Parker and Dr. O. Willy Wonka – Chemical Engineer
Ten Hooks Sports Equipment Design Theme Park Attractions Eating – packaging, storage and transportation Music – Ipods, digital music, CD’s, microphones, speakers, headphones iTunes, video games
Ten Hooks – cont. People Engineering – biomedical Animal Engineering – equipment and life support Doctors, lawyers, CEO’s, writers, teachers, politicians, entrepreneurs, and inventors – engineers do well in these fields!
Ten Hooks – cont. Feeding the World – one in seven people in the world is suffering from hunger. 2.8 billion people do not have clean water to drink. Energy Engineering – use renewable energy Save the World!! – going green – sustainable engineering
Girls in Engineering Ada Byron Lovelace Amanda Theodosia Jones Ellen Swallow Richards Mary Engle Pennington Mary Anderson Beulah Louise Henry Hedy Lamarr Grace Murray Hopper Stephanie Kwoleks Ruth Handler Dr. Bonnie J. Dunbar Elsa Garmire
Communication & Teamwork Each team member brings different strengths to the team. Communication is a life skill – you need to practice everyday!!
Source Cited Teaching Engineering Made Easy – A Friendly Introduction to Engineering Activities for Middle School Teachers – Vol. I Second Edition – 2012 by Celeste Baine and Cathi Cox-Boniol