1. Engineering, the 5Es and MESA Curriculum
Carlos Gonzalez
Curriculum Specialist, MESA CA Statewide Office
Director, UCR MESA Programs

2. What are the 5Es?

3. What is the Engineering
Design Process?

4. Engineering Design Process (EDP)
In your table…
What is the Engineering Design Process?
Without referencing anything, write down the steps…
You have 5-10 minutes!!!

7. THE
MESA
CURRICULUM

8. Engr A-G approved curriculum 5E/Model of Instruction based units
Major Curriculum Paths
Engr A-G approved curriculum
5E/Model of Instruction based units
First
-HIgh school level A-G approved courses...
-More prescribed, connected rigidly to standards…
-Current to competition projects…
First
(good for Middle School level)
-More open ended, flexible and accessible…
Curriculum content and units can by contextualized into a full year MESA Classroom...

9. What about “Introductory Activities?”
Putting it all together...
What about “Introductory Activities?”

10. “Introductory” CHALLENGE
THE BIG LET DOWN
Build a device that will launch a table tennis ball into the air to stay airborne as long as possible, using only the materials below
Materials (per group):
Scissors
1 ping-pong ball
4 straws
Scotch tape
4 Popsicle sticks
2 rubber bands
2 manila folders
6 sheets of copy paper
You have 20 minutes!!!

11. TESTING TIME!!!

12. Planning your MESA class

13. Assessing students…

14. Your MESA Classroom A place of community and belonging…
A place where creativity and failure is encouraged…
A place where students are allowed to fail,,,
A place where students are at the center, and organized “chaos” is expected…
A place where learning is organic but still rich and substantial…
Our hope is that our program and curriculum help make this space attainable…

15. Questions? Comments? Carlos Gonzalez
Curriculum Specialist, MESA CA Statewide Office
Director, UCR MESA Programs