I ran across this wonderful STEM resource the other day - eGFI. The name eGFI evolved from the name of a magazine - Engineering, Go For It! that is produced by the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE).
egfi-k12.org is a website with resources aimed to allow kids to explore engineering careers. There is an online version of the Engineering, Go For It magazine; short introductions to different engineering careers, many "meet a student" opportunities, and a student blog that has stories related to what is going on in different engineering fields.
For teachers, there is http://teachers.egfi-k12.org/ which has lesson plans, class activities, features, links, and news. The resources are sorted by grade levels and type of activity. There are PDF lesson plans, videos, and background resources for each topic. There are currently 138 lesson plans on the site, 99 class activities and 388 "outreach" resources.
Overall, it is a great resource and I encourage anyone wanting to bring STEM into the classroom to take a look. As with many of this type of site, you have to figure out how to integrate the lessons and tie in standards. If you would like more integrated content, look at our blog post about Defined STEM which is a commercial resource (you need to pay for it) but has a complete integration of content all the way to state standards.
egfi-k12.org is a website with resources aimed to allow kids to explore engineering careers. There is an online version of the Engineering, Go For It magazine; short introductions to different engineering careers, many "meet a student" opportunities, and a student blog that has stories related to what is going on in different engineering fields.
For teachers, there is http://teachers.egfi-k12.org/ which has lesson plans, class activities, features, links, and news. The resources are sorted by grade levels and type of activity. There are PDF lesson plans, videos, and background resources for each topic. There are currently 138 lesson plans on the site, 99 class activities and 388 "outreach" resources.
Overall, it is a great resource and I encourage anyone wanting to bring STEM into the classroom to take a look. As with many of this type of site, you have to figure out how to integrate the lessons and tie in standards. If you would like more integrated content, look at our blog post about Defined STEM which is a commercial resource (you need to pay for it) but has a complete integration of content all the way to state standards.
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