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Elizabeth Burd, Chair - PECCJames Irvine, Chair - ETC Portals

IEEE Educational Activities March 2011

TISP

AND TRYENGINEERING

OVERVIEW

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The Teacher In Service Program (TISP)

A program that trains IEEE volunteers to work with pre-university teachers

Based on approved Lesson PlansPrepared by IEEE volunteersTested in classroomsAssociated with Education StandardsDesigned to highlight engineering design

principlesThe cost is less than US$100 for a class of 30

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The Basic Approach – Lesson Plans

IEEE volunteers and consultants develop lesson plans that highlight an engineering design topicHow to build a balanced mobile (rotational

equilibrium)How to design a sail for a ship (aerodynamic design)

The lesson plans are geared toward pre-university students and are tested in the classroom

The lesson plans can be adapted to the appropriate age or skill level of the students

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Volunteer Training

Key questions to be discussed in training:How to conduct a training sessions for teachers using

the TISP lesson plans?How to approach the school system to engage

teachers?How to align a lesson plan with local education

criteria?

Teachers and officials from the education establishment participate in the training sessions

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After The Training… IEEE volunteers work with the school

system to conduct training sessions for teachers

Teachers use the training sessions and the lesson plans to educate their students

IEEE participates in paying for the program In the first year, EAB pays the materials and

supplies expenses for TISP sessions lead by IEEE volunteers for teachers

In subsequent years, funding is the responsibility of the local IEEE Section/ sub-Section

IEEE Volunteers

Teachers

Students

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Lesson plans

The lesson plans are organized in two versionsFor the teacherFor the student

The lesson plans should be aligned with local educational standards

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Sort it Out

Sticky Engineering Challenge

Ship the Chip

Move That Lighthouse!

A Question of Balance

Program Your Own Game

Engineering Air Traffic

Pipeline Challenge

Infrared Investigations

Hull Engineering

Engineered Sports

Engineered Memory

Wind Tunnel Testing

Example Lesson Plans

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Teacher In-Service ProgramPresentations

To date, over 146 TISP presentations have been conducted by IEEE volunteers

TISP presentations have reached over 3300 pre-university educators This reach represents more than 360,000

students each academic year

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What are we going to do here?

Demonstrate two (2) lesson plans:Working with Wind EnergyUseful Circuits

Discuss how to develop and use the TISP in your local area

Have Fun!

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What do we expect after the meeting?

We hope that participants will get organized to provide TISP training to pre-university educatorsA group of 3-5 volunteers can be very

effective

IEEE-EAB will support such activities by paying for supplies for documented TISP activities lead by IEEE volunteers for one year after this sessionWe will explain the procedures

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Who is in the audience?

Teachers from the pre-university system IEEE volunteers Other interested individuals from…

Scottish GovernmentThe Education SystemLocal universities

In other areas we also had a strong participation of students members

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Who is here to help?

With lesson Plans…Members of IEEE Staff – Educational Activities

Department A IEEE volunteer where TISP was already tested

With implementing the Program…Officials from local Educational Systems

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Expectations from IEEE Volunteers

Organize TISP sessions throughout the pre-university education system

Communicate with EAB for guidance, information exchange, and funding

Organize a task force in Scotland or professional group to make TISP a permanent program in your area

Arrange for budgeting through the Section, Region, and IEEE Boards (MGAB, EAB)

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Expectations from Teachers

Use the TISP approach in your classroom

Work with the IEEE volunteers to organize TISP training sessions for teachers Report to IEEE volunteers what lessons have

been learnt from the program Indicate what lesson plans were or were not

successful, and what additional lesson plans would be required

+ 15Our Overall TISP GoalsEmpower IEEE Section “champions” to develop

collaborations with local pre-university education community to promote applied learning

Enhance the level of technological literacy of pre-university educators

Encourage pre-university students to pursue technical careers, including engineering

Increase the general level of technological literacy of pre-university students

Increase the level of understanding of the needs of educators among the engineering community

Identify ways that engineers can assist schools and school systems

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Discover the Creative Engineer In You!

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Available in• English• Chinese• French• Spanish• German• Russian• Japanese• Portuguese

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www.TryEngineering.org

IEEE’s pre-university education portalFor teachers, school counsellors, parents and

students

A joint project of IEEE, IBM, and the New York Hall of ScienceNon-IEEE investment of approximately $2.5M

US/Canada version was launched on June 2006

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www.TryEngineering.org A portal for school counsellors, teachers,

parents and students University search

By location, program, environment; 1,977 universities Explore Engineering

Discipline Descriptions, Day in the Life of an Engineer, Preparation Tips

86 lesson plans for teaching engineering design Virtual games

To allow students to explore engineering problems Other areas:

FAQs – Ask an Engineer, Ask a Student Student opportunities (competitions, fellowships, etc.)

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Free, downloadable PDF lesson plans and Student Worksheets in Rich Text Format for easy edit

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Most Requested Lesson Plans

Build Your Own Robot Arm

Series and Parallel Circuits

Cracking the Code (bar codes)

Build a Big Wheel

Pulleys and Force

+ 22University Searches: 34 Countries

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Portugal Republic of Kazakhstan Russia Singapore South Africa Spain Switzerland Taiwan Turkey United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States

Ireland Israel Japan Korea Malaysia Mexico New Zealand Pakistan Peru Philippines Poland

Languages 中文 Chinese

Deutsch German

Español Spanish

Français French

邦人 JapanesePortuguês Portuguese

русский Russian

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TryEngineering Progress

6.2 millions hits in 2010 2.5 million hits in 2007 … 4.5 million hits in 2008…

5.1 million hits in 2009Currently just over 65,000 visitors per month 350,000 page hits per month24,000 lesson plan downloads per month

About 3.7 million lesson plan downloads since launch in all languages

10,500 university searches/monthVisitors average about 24 minutes on the site

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