Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Welcome Teachers & Engineers !

Sponsored by the IEEE Fort Worth Section Professional Activities Committee

TISP - STEM Teacher In-Service Program

Helping teachers improve student interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math

Dan Cowan, dpc1421@ieee.org May 2012

2008, 2009, 2011, 2012

• Contact the Regional Education Center to spread the word about the TISP…

• What have we learned ? – Order Lunch AFTER 9:00 on the Day of the EVENT

• We contacted SubWay® ahead of time but Final Count on Day-of-Event

-- Get the word out early as possible -- Ask Educators to CONFIRM attendance the week of-– Provide GOOD maps or link in email to “google.maps”– HAVE FUN!– Pre-print the Certificates of attendance– Start collecting supplies via IEEE members (low cost solution)– Get an email confirmation regarding “attendance” from

Educators the WEEK of the TISP event!

TISP 2011 Summary

• 2011 Teacher In-Service Program:

• 58 people present on 5 August with:

36 Educators and 22 volunteers

• Three invited speakers, two hands-on activities and loads of FUN

FUN STUFF - This is a clip from you-tube to show how confusing Math can BE !

Fort Worth IEEE TISP

2012 Draft AGENDA 0800 Sign In 0830 Welcome and Opening Remarks  0845 Future City Competition of North Texas, Jean Eason, EE, PE. 1000 Project #1 Hands-on project - inexpensive classroom event  1115 Debrief – “Hands-on Project Evaluations”

Review-Discussion-How to use this lesson plan in a classroom 11:45 Lunch & discussion

1:00 IBM Presentation – Charla L Stine - Sr. IT Architect

2:15 Project #2 Hands-on project - an inexpensive classroom event 3:30 Debrief – “Hands-on Project Evaluations”

Review-Discussion-How to use this lesson plan in a classroom 3:45 Wrap Up/Critiques

IEEE – Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers – website: website - ieee.orgTISP --- TISP weblink

 Contact: Dan Cowan at dpc1421@ieee.org or dpcowan@oncor.com for more details. Registration/Sign In

•4:15 Adjournment

Additional Resources

• Contact - via email to pre-university Educators

– 1. list of website LINKS for additional support

– 2. If requested, we work to get a “real” engineer in the Classroom

– 3. emphasis is placed on low cost educational support

PHYSICALLY – in person – Pre-University Events -

– 1. Judges and $$$ for Regional Science/Engineering Fair

– 2. Engineering at Waco Engineering Day (cool program)

– 3. Judges and $$$ for Future City Competition

– 4. Provide recognition awards

– 5. Host TISP annually - at no charge to Educators

– 6. Coordinate Engineers in the Classroom as requested

Provide Pre-University Teacher In-Service Programs;

General support to help improve student interest in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math;

Encourage careers in these STEM fields.

MISSION

TISP Sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

(“Eye-Triple-E”)

• What is the IEEE ?

• IEEE Involvement in Pre-University Education

• Teacher Resources from IEEE

Alexander G. BellElihu Thomson

Charles Steinmetz Frank Sprague

What Is IEEE ?The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

Is a worldwide professional association of engineers from most industries.

• AIEE’s First Technical Meeting 7-8 October 1884, at the Franklin Institute • 1963: Merger of AIEE and IRE to create IEEE

• Today, 390,000 society members in 160 countries- 30,000 members in Texas

Some of the earliest leaders of our engineering society !

R9 – 14,598

R8 – 60,856

R10 – 67,442R1 to 6 – 215,851

R7 – 16,020

TOTAL MEMBERSHIP – 374,767

R1 – 38,617

R2 – 33,054

R3 – 30,615

R4 – 23,982

R5 – 29,444

R6 – 60,139 Reflecting the global nature of IEEE, R10 and R8 are now the

two largest IEEE Regions

IEEE Membership By Region31 December 2010

IEEE Is a World Wide Organization

IEEE U.S. Regions

1. Electrification2. Automobile3. Airplane4. Water Supply & Distribution5. Electronics6. Radio and Television7. Agricultural Mechanization8. Computers9. Telephone

10. Air Conditioning & Refrigeration

11. Highways12. Spacecraft13. Internet14. Imaging15. Household Appliances16. Health Technologies17. Petroleum & Petrochem. Technologies18. Laser and Fiber Optics19. Nuclear Technologies20. High-perform. Materials

Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Centuryare based mostly on

Electro- and Information-Science & Technology

Student Career Choices ? ( Automotive Example)

Unemployed Under Employed Trade Job Engineer

No Car Car Car

Car Washer Repair Designer

Bus To Work

Where is your career going ?

Depressing Frustrating Back Breaking Triumphant

START @ $ 0/ Yr $ 15,100 / Yr $ 20,800 /Yr $ 57,000 / Yr

AVG. $ 3,000 / Yr $ 18,000 / Yr $ 50,000 / Yr $ 105,500 / Yr

THE KNACK !!!

• Purpose of Exercise

• Describe Approach & Materials

• Review Lesson Plan Details

•Teamwork

• Weigh-In ?

• Correction Phase

Typical Lesson Plan :

Engineer the best candy bag !

Candy Bag Project Debrief

• Did you follow directions?– Sketch, tape limit, did you “predict” an outcome,

• How could you work this for K?• How could you work this for 12?

– Reading, writing, reports, research• Ideas to extend this lesson in a classroom?

– Modifications

Consider alternative science/math concepts

Supplies for this project, about $0.30 per team for 26 teams

Typical Lesson Plan :

Build Your Own Robot Arm

• Purpose of Exercise

• Describe Approach & Materials

• Review Lesson Plan Details

•Teamwork

• Lift Test

• Correction Phase

• Re-lift Test

Discussion of Results:Let’s Review the Best Candy Bag &

Robot Arm Designs

• Winning Sizes ( by carrying weight)

• “prettiest” bag

•Teams Design Approach

• What Did We Learn ? - Engineering Principles

- Practical Challenge

What are the Core STEM Problems ?

• Which learning structure is appropriate? • Show benefits of a technical career • More, less or different testing ?• Others issues…… TBD ?

• Low Parental Involvement ! • Women and minorities under-represented• Relating science to everyday life• Perception of engineers

Why don’t kids want to learn?

Is it the way it’s Taught ? Or

Understood ? Or Motivation ?

Educators FEEDBACK: Define Problem to Resolve Them

If we keep doing the wrong things, how can we expect change?

So, what can we do differently ?

•Conform to Educational Requirements

… Not deviations

•Work with Teachers & School Districts

…. Not interfere or burden !

• Examples of IEEE Lesson Plans

…. conformance

Alignment With Texas Education Standards

But Boss, I just left out a decimal point. Don’t I get at least partial credit ?

Fort Worth IEEE Section

Our Plan

• Target school districts across N-Texas each year•Individual or as a group??

• Coordinate with Texas Ed Agency – Region Ed. Center

• Prepare workshop, promo and instruction material

• Conduct an annual TISP workshop

• Recruit other IEEE & tech society members

• Offer and arrange factory, museum etc. field trips

• Provide free, accredited TISP Workshops

• Volunteer assistance to teachers, students or schools

• IEEE offers: web, lesson plans, magazines, Volunteers

• Feedback to IEEE for tracking and improvements

www.TryEngineering.orgA Web portal for students, parents, school counselors and teachers

Web Access to:

• Life of Engineer

• Becoming an Engineer

• Find a University

• over 80 Lesson Plans (Multi-languages)

• Ask An Expert

• Play Games

Teacher Expectations

TEACHER Assistance for Promoting STEM

+ IEEE Support Complementing Schools’ Goals

+ Motivation Assistance from IEEE Volunteers

+ Science Based Lesson Plans -- and Fun, too

+ “Teacher In - Service” Accredited Workshops

+ Access to IEEE web & PublicationsScience is Fun !

Educator Resources• We provide a list of websites that support STEM in the classroom• Examples: http://www.egfi-k12.org/read-the-magazine/ (magazine published by ASEE (American Society for

Engineering Education)) “Engineering Just Go For It!” printed copies provided to attendees• . • IEEE Women In Engineering     all things related to women in engineering, • http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/women/index.html•  • IEEE WIE TV “Nerd Girls” , affinity web TV featuring techie girls                                                     • https://ieeetv.ieee.org/player/html/viewer#nerd-girls•  • IEEE Central Texas Section   - IEEE Central, same as Fort Worth, this section has K-12 activities               

http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r5/central_texas/•  • Girl Start   Afterschool and summer camps (STEM) for techie girls     http://girlstart.com/•  • Engineering Education Service Center    Activities for K-12 in TX (and US affiliated with local universities)               

http://www.engineeringedu.com/camps/tx.html•  • University of Texas – Austin - Women in Engineering Program (WEP) http://www.engr.utexas.edu/wep/•  

• The Gender Chip     Resources to work with your schools to add girl tech programs   http://genderchip.org/toolkit/resources/web_sites

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• Teacher Tech    -Rice University - resources for parents to partner w/educators    http://teachertech.rice.edu/Lessons/

Student Benefits

STUDENTS Motivated To Learn STEM to:

+ Learn What Engineers Actually Do

+ Exceed Educational Testing Minimum Goals

+ Appreciate Technology in Everyday Life

+ Provide Creative and Lucrative Careers

+ Ensure More Engineers in the Future

+ Raise Understanding – As Well as Test Scores Students Learn from Technology

But __________________________F

• Concluding Observations- by Teachers

• Concluding Expectations - of Teachers

• Summarize Cooperation- by Fort Worth IEEE

"The goal is simple . . . to help you achieve yours." LaRue Miller

THE ENDOr just the beginning? ... All things are relative

Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein thought about relativity- for years. His math equation (E=MC ), then came years later- well after the concept. He needed to prove mathematically that his theory was correct.

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“Math is merely the language for proving your ideas” (T.Rowan, Jr)

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