ENGINEERING
IS EVERYWHERE.
It
gives shape to our world. Everyone knows things like
cars, computers, airplanes, and bridges are all products
of imaginative engineering. But so are bubble gum, baseball
bats, movie special effects, roller coasters, and synthetic
human tissue replacements. Engineers have a hand in
designing, creating, or modifying nearly everything
we touch, wear, eat, see, and hear in our daily lives.
Their innovations fuel economic growth, fortify national
security systems, improve healthcare, and safeguard
the environment.
An engineering education starts with a creative child's
first lesson in science or math. The teacher who delivers
that lesson, and the lessons that follow, is an engineering
educator, and our mission at ASEE is to help engineering
educators do their jobs as well as they can. Especially
now, with U.S. science and math learning in decline
and technology increasingly driving global change, the
job of delivering this education is harder, but more
important, than ever.
The ASEE EngineeringK12 Center seeks to identify and
gather in one place the most effective engineering education
resources available to the K-12 community. From comprehensive
data on outreach programs to career guidance materials
to hundreds of links and readings related to engineering
education, the ASEE EngineeringK12 Center offers immediately
useful, easily accessible materials tailored to all
parties with an interest in engineering education.
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