Million Girls Moonshot
Engineering Mindset
10 Critical Features of High-Quality Engineering Experiences
Engineering Mindset Brief - Read more about the 10 Engineering Practices here!
Engineering Mindset Webinars
Cultivating an Engineering Mindset in Summer Learning
High-quality engineering activities have the power to build agency in students and help them identify as capable problem-solvers. In this webinar, MTAA discussed the 10 critical features of high-quality engineering experiences and how you can incorporate them into your summer programs to help build problem solving skills and resilience. View the recording here!
Engineering Practice Support Equity Webinar Series
Part I: Recording and Engineering Mindset Activities
Part II: Recording and Engineering Mindset Activities
Part III: Recording and Engineering Mindset Activities
Engineering and Design with Technovation Webinar Series
Session 1: Recording & Materials
Session 2: Recording & Materials
Session 3: Recording & Materials
Engineering Mindset Activities:
Design a Coronavirus Mask
Mindsets in Action: 1-3
Engineer a Stringed Instrument
Mindsets in Action: 4-6
Design a Space Capsule
Mindsets in Action: 7-10
Other Student Activities
In this activity, youth will apply STEM to community issues through the engineering design process and the basic mechanics behind building bridges while designing their own bridge. This is a spin on an activity frequently seen in afterschool programs but with a serious focus on the design process. Kids re-visit the hands-on experience with new meaning.
This activity is part of NASA’s Engineering in the Classroom tool for educators! In this challenge, students will use a model robotic arm to move items from one location to another as they engage in the engineering design process to design, build and operate the arm.
Race for the Planet: Spring ’21 Edition | Project Green Schools
Project Green Schools has selected a sampling of activities from their larger program to give your students a way to apply environmental education to community issues. Join the coastal cleanup challenge, the upcycle challenge, the scavenger hunt, or other activities as a group or individually.
This lesson introduces youth to the engineering design process (EDP)—the process engineers use to solve design challenges. Youth work in teams to solve the challenge by designing both a product and process to safely remove “toxic” popcorn and save the city.
Youth design a device that uses simple chemical reactions to create a floatable device for a cell phone. Youth experimenting with "chemical" (citric acid, cream of tartar, baking soda) to engineer the type and amount of chemical that will float a model cell phone.
Montana Afterschool Alliance is funded by the Mott Foundation and works in partnership with the Million Girls Moonshot to bring STEM learning opportunities to girls and Native students throughout the state of Montana.
